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You adjust the entries by crediting the income and debiting the expenditures.
Standard closing entries: Close Revenue accounts to Income Summary by debiting Revenue and crediting Income Summary. Close Expense accounts to Income Summary by debiting Income Summary and crediting Expense accounts. Close Income Summary to Capital account by debiting Income Summary and crediting Capital account. Close Withdrawals account to Capital account by debiting Capital account and crediting Withdrawals account.
A declared cash dividend is recorded by debiting the dividend account and crediting the dividend payable account.
The accounting estimate is a financial approximation. This approximation is used for financial statements to make financial statements more accurate with their crediting and debiting.
That depends on the type of receivable you are debiting. Debiting a receivable means that a person/company now owes you money for either a service rendered or some other type of purchase, perhaps even another reason. Credits for a sale of products and/or services generally are credited to such accounts as Sales,Income, Revenue.However, if your company is disposing of a Fixed Asset and has sold this asset to another on account, then you will use such accounts as Gain or Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets.
An dishonored cheque is typically recorded in the journal by debiting the bank account and crediting accounts receivable or the customer's account. This reflects the reversal of the payment that was previously recorded when the cheque was received.
bad debt recovery It is when account receivable previously written off as uncollected is now collected. The entry is to reverse the original write-off by debiting accounts receivable and crediting allowance for bad debts. A second entry is required for the collection by debiting cash and crediting accounts receivable. A high ratio of recoveries to write-offs may signify to the analyst that the firm writes off uncollected debts too quickly.
You adjust the entries by crediting the income and debiting the expenditures.
Standard closing entries: Close Revenue accounts to Income Summary by debiting Revenue and crediting Income Summary. Close Expense accounts to Income Summary by debiting Income Summary and crediting Expense accounts. Close Income Summary to Capital account by debiting Income Summary and crediting Capital account. Close Withdrawals account to Capital account by debiting Capital account and crediting Withdrawals account.
A declared cash dividend is recorded by debiting the dividend account and crediting the dividend payable account.
The accounting estimate is a financial approximation. This approximation is used for financial statements to make financial statements more accurate with their crediting and debiting.
A correcting entry is an entry that corrects a previous entry. ex. You buy supplies worth $500 You debit Equipment and you credit Cash then you CORRECT it by: debiting Supplies and crediting Equipment Basically, since you made a mistake in the first entry, you correct it. In some cases, you redo the entry by debiting cash, crediting equipment; then starting over, debit supplies, credit cash.
Postdated checks. If a customer gives you postdated checks, treat them as a note receivable. In other words, debit it to Notes Receivable, not to Cash. On the date written on the check, deposit it to your firm's account, debiting Cash and crediting Notes Receivable. Returned checks. When the bank notifies you that it is returning a customer's check for NSF (not sufficient funds), debit the customer's account immediately-even if you plan to redeposit the check the same day. For good internal controls, instruct your bank to address all returned checks to someone other than you-possibly the owner or a senior manager. This can protect you if an employee tries to use fictitious checks to cover temporary shortages. http://www.aipb.org/newsletter/bookkeeping_tips/pdfs/BookkeepingTips_2-38.pdf
Journal entry for selling goods to Sourav: Debit: Accounts Receivable - Sourav Credit: Sales Revenue Credit: Inventory This entry records the sale of goods to Sourav, debiting the Accounts Receivable account for the amount owed by Sourav and crediting the Sales Revenue account for the revenue earned. The Inventory account is credited to reduce the quantity of goods in stock.
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That depends on the type of receivable you are debiting. Debiting a receivable means that a person/company now owes you money for either a service rendered or some other type of purchase, perhaps even another reason. Credits for a sale of products and/or services generally are credited to such accounts as Sales,Income, Revenue.However, if your company is disposing of a Fixed Asset and has sold this asset to another on account, then you will use such accounts as Gain or Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets.
Provision entries are entries that are made to account for expenses that have not been accounted in the period for which it relates. Hence the provision is created by debiting the expenses and crediting the party account or liability account.