Yes, bank overdraft is an expense and is shown in debit side of the Profit & Loss A/c. It's also a liability and is shown in 'Liabilities' of the Balance Sheet of an individual or a company.
yes it is an asset overdraft
Would you classify a Bank Overdraft as Cash? If Yes, why?
interest on bank overdraft.
These two terms are different.For a bank overdraft, you should have an account with the bank and it is a limit on borrowing on a bank current account. With an overdraft the amount of borrowing may vary on a daily basis.A bank loan is a fixed amount for a fixed term with regular fixed repayments. The interest on a loan tends to be lower than an overdraft.
Bank overdraft charges are the result of someone spending more money than they have in their bank account. The bank then charges interest on the overdrawn amount.
For an overdraft, the journal entry would be to debit the bank account (increasing the overdraft liability) and credit the corresponding expense account or accounts that led to the overdraft. This reflects the additional amount drawn from the bank account beyond the available balance.
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yes it is an asset overdraft
Overdraft usually means that the bank paid something out for you on your account that came in that you didnt have the full amount for and instead of the transaction bouncing they covered it and they charged you a small fee from your savings to pay for the action they took. Now a bank draft is nothing more then a piece of paper conveying monies. So an overdraft will cost you money but less then a bounce and a bank draft can be a check someone wrote to you for deposit.
Would you classify a Bank Overdraft as Cash? If Yes, why?
Your income & your ability to repay the money provided as overdraft
interest on bank overdraft.
do you have to pay interest on a band overdraft ?
These two terms are different.For a bank overdraft, you should have an account with the bank and it is a limit on borrowing on a bank current account. With an overdraft the amount of borrowing may vary on a daily basis.A bank loan is a fixed amount for a fixed term with regular fixed repayments. The interest on a loan tends to be lower than an overdraft.
Bank overdraft charges are the result of someone spending more money than they have in their bank account. The bank then charges interest on the overdrawn amount.
Yes. Overdraft is like an advance where you take cash from your overdraft account (even though you do not have equivalent bank balance) and then you repay the money to the bank once you have raised enough funding to repay the same. The bank would charge you an overdraft fee + interest for the money you borrowed from them