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Do you mean: can a bank balance be a liability? If so, yes. If a bank balance is an overdraft then that balance should be shown in current liabilities.
Bank overdraft is shown in balance sheet same as bank account or any other cash account, it's a short term bank credit.
It depends: if the bank has a right to set-off the overdraft against any other positive balance, then it is netted off against cash. If there is no right to set-off, the overdraft appears as a currently liability (separately if it's material).
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Do you mean: can a bank balance be a liability? If so, yes. If a bank balance is an overdraft then that balance should be shown in current liabilities.
Bank overdraft is shown in balance sheet either as a negative amount of bank in asset side or at liability side of balance sheet.
Bank overdraft is shown in balance sheet same as bank account or any other cash account, it's a short term bank credit.
Prime purpose of preparing cash flow statement is to tally the closing bank balance with opening bank balance so if there is a bank overdraft or negative bank balance it will automatically adjusted when complete cash flow statement is prepared. If after the preparation of cash flow, cash flow balance and bank balance don't tally it means there is some mistake in cash flow statment and it should be reviewed for any correcions.
Withdrawal of money in excess of credit balance
It depends: if the bank has a right to set-off the overdraft against any other positive balance, then it is netted off against cash. If there is no right to set-off, the overdraft appears as a currently liability (separately if it's material).
It Depends: Yes - If you have a valid overdraft account with the bank and you currently do not have enough balance in your account to pay for bank charges No - If you do not have a valid overdraft account with the bank.
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.
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
if the company has overdrawn it balance that means the company ow the bank' in other words the company had made an overdraft, it is the liability to the company..
overdraft is included in balance sheet not in income statement which calculates gross and net profit
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.