Double Entry Bookkeeping (part a) – ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures
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SEARCH UP THE DEADCLIC ACRONYM THATLL HELP WITH DOUBLE ENTRY ACCOUNTS
IF THE ITEM IS AN ASSET FOR EXAMPLE AN INCREASE OF THAT ASSET WILL MEAN DEBIT THAT ACCOUNT,LESS OF THAT ASSET U CREDIT THAT ACCOUNT,SO CLASSIFYING ACCOUNTS MIGHT HELP YOU,BUT THE LECTURE WAS REALLY GOOD EXPLANATION WISE SO EVEYRTHING MAKES SENSE, SO U DONT NEED TO KNOW THIS,JUST THOUGHT IT MAY HELP ANYONE
Sir, if the owner takes some of the goods for himself, will the drawings be recorded at the cost of purchase of those goods, or at cost plus markup since they are meant to be resold for profit?
They are recorded at cost. (When calculating tax there might be an adjustment made, but this is separate from the bookkeeping and not relevant for Paper FA).
Hello,
Q: In Lecture notes Chapter 3, example 5 , in it, while calculating claculating profit and loss , We added:
purchase $ 1100 | sales $1700
rent $ 200 |
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profit = 400 $
(WHY don’t we add car purchase? do we add as an expense ? )
Fantastic!!! Great to learn FA all over again. BTW, i loved that expression about DR.. “I have no idea why its DR for Debit”….:) Thanks a lot.
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I always thought DR = Debit Records / CR = Credit Records
Debere, Credere. Latin.
thanks alot it was very simple
Many thanks for the lecture. Can I please know if we need to learn T Accounts for FR module?
Please ask the tutor in the Paper FR Ask the Tutor Forum.
Best explanation ever. I am understanding accounting like never before.
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Hi Sir,
Hope your in good health and spirits. Question on last entry of drawings. Is this treated in same manner as dividends? I.e it is part of owners equity which essentially increases with credit but as it reduces equity it is seen as a contra asset account hence increased with debit? Also in equations it is in credit side but with a negative, increase in net assets=capital+profit-drawings.
Thanks in advance
Really indebted to you, professor!
sir you credited sales it that means sales is decreased and when income decreased must be credited? but hows that fits the three rules of credit thanks
Sales is an income account. When you credit income, you increase it.
I think you credit income because sales/profit belongs to the owner or shareholders of the business so is now capital (owed to the owners) essentially a liability from the businesses perspective. And back to the entry credit rule ‘an increase in a liability’ which is the profit.
I think the word “sales” here is the number of goods sold. If you credit sales, it means that the number of goods has decreased and you received cash in exchange (DR cash for sales).
The same logic applied to Receivable; CR sales => number of goods fall in exchange for Receivable (DR receivable for sales).