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A corporation that is a for profit corporation cannot have an interest bearing checking account. However, it can have an earnings credit which is similar to an interest rate. With an earnings credit the interest earned on the Checking account is used to offset monthly fees/ charges on the account, if interested earned using the earnings credit is more than the total amount of fees/ charges it is considered a surplus and does not accrue to the checking account balance. A non profit corporation such as a 501.c.3 Can earn interest on Checking accounts due to the not for profit status.
A corporation that is a for profit corporation cannot have an interest bearing checking account. However, it can have an earnings credit which is similar to an interest rate. With an earnings credit the interest earned on the Checking account is used to offset monthly fees/ charges on the account, if interested earned using the earnings credit is more than the total amount of fees/ charges it is considered a surplus and does not accrue to the checking account balance. A non profit corporation such as a 501.c.3 Can earn interest on Checking accounts due to the not for profit status.
Banks profit from interest income and other charges they levy on their account holders.
All Savings accounts earn interest. Here, you deposit money from your earnings into this account. The bank utilizes this money to grant loans and earn a profit out of it. But, in case of a savings account, you can withdraw the money anytime you want and the bank cannot effectively utilize this money for making profits. So they give you only a lower interest rate.
All Savings accounts earn interest. Here, you deposit money from your earnings into this account. The bank utilizes this money to grant loans and earn a profit out of it. But, in case of a savings account, you can withdraw the money anytime you want and the bank cannot effectively utilize this money for making profits. So they give you only a lower interest rate.
Interest on Loan
Savings account interest and all other forms of interest earned on deposits with a bank is a person's share of the bank's profit made on loans.
The bank customer's share of profit made on loans by the bank is called the "interest." It is the money the bank pays the customer for having their money deposited with the bank. As you know, the bank earns an interest income from loan customers for the money they lend them, and since this money they lend is taken from the deposits placed by customers, banks share the profit by paying interest to the customer who has placed the deposit with them.
Banks make their profit through interest from loans, credit cards etc. and also from the fees from having a bank account and eftpos transactions etc. _____________________________ Fees and Interest.
As an expense, loan interest should be placed in the debit side of the Profit & Loss A/c and not in the Trading a/c.
Income and expense for not for profit organisations is same as profit and loss account but they cannot use the name profit and loss account because not for profit organisations are not formed to earn profit.
Tradition, and the need to call it something.