
Investment:
It is a financial term which refers to spend or deposit money to get the financial benefits.
The different ways in which a firm can invest are mentioned below:
- Long-term investments
- Short-term investments
Short-term investments:
It includes such investments which are highly liquid in nature as these can be convert in form of cash easily during the period of 1 year.
Long-term investments:
It includes such investments which are not highly liquid in nature and mature after completion of period of minimum one year.
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.
To prepare: Journal entry for given transactions.

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