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supplies cash
cash payment journal
cash payments journal
This should be recorded in the cash payment journal.
This is one of the simplest transactions you can do in accounting. Because you are 1. purchasing supplies and 2. you are using cash.You already stated part of your answer in the question. The two accounts affected are 1. Cash and 2. SuppliesBecause you are spending cash, cash will decrease (credited) and since you are receiving supplies, supplies will increase (debit). Remember both of these accounts are asset accounts and therefore both maintain a debit balance. To increase an asset you must debit it, to decrease it you must credit it.
supplies cash
cash payment journal
cash payments journal
purchase of store supplies for cash
This should be recorded in the cash payment journal.
The journal entry to record payment for supplies would involve crediting the cash account and debiting the supplies expense account.
Debit Asset a/c if asset a/c is bought and credit Cash a/c OR if these are sundry supplies debit that head and credit cash acct
If the company reimburses you: Dr. Office Supplies and Cr. Cash. If the company does not reimburse you: Dr. Office Supplies and Cr. Accounts Payable - Owner (if you will eventually be reimbursed) or Additional Paid-in Capital (if you will never be reimbursed)
This is one of the simplest transactions you can do in accounting. Because you are 1. purchasing supplies and 2. you are using cash.You already stated part of your answer in the question. The two accounts affected are 1. Cash and 2. SuppliesBecause you are spending cash, cash will decrease (credited) and since you are receiving supplies, supplies will increase (debit). Remember both of these accounts are asset accounts and therefore both maintain a debit balance. To increase an asset you must debit it, to decrease it you must credit it.
Purchase journal is used to record "Credit Purchases" for resale purpose like supplies from suppliers and hence no cash purchases are recorded as cash purchases are recorded in cash payment journal.
Accounts payable and Cash accounts
Purchase of fixed asset is shown under cash flows from investing activities as an outflow of cash because purchase of assets is an investing activity and it causes reduction of cash flow.