Financial and Managerial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
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Chapter 7, Problem 4E
To determine
It means record of financial data related to business transactions in a journal in a manner so that debit equals credit. It provides an audit trail to the auditor and a means to analyze the effects of transactions to an organization’s financial health.
Rules of Journal Entry:
The rules for journal entry are defined by 5 accounting components,
- Assets: Increase in asset should be debit and decrease should be credit.
- Liabilities: Increase in liabilities should be credit and decrease should be debit.
- Equity: Increase in Equity should be credit and decrease should be debit.
- Expense: Increase in expense should be debit and decrease should be credit.
- Revenue: Increase in revenue should be credit and decrease should be debit.
Percentage of Sales Method:
It refers to a method of calculating bad debt expense by a company on the basis of a percentage over net credit sales. This method defines the amount of
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Financial and Managerial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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