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.
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.
a.
To prepare: Journal entry for short-term investment.
b.
To prepare: Journal entry to record principal amount and interest on short-term investment.
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