
Concept explainers
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:
- 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.
Accounts Receivable:
It refers to the amount that is to be received by a company for providing goods and services on credit. It is an asset account.
It refers to the amount that was expected to be received on credit sales but went uncollectible. It is a loss to the company.
Perpetual Inventory System:
It refers to the system to record the transaction related to inventories at the time of their occurrence. Each sale and purchase is recorded at the time they occurred.
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