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Accounts Payable

Sometimes referred to as trade payables, accounts payable is an account sub-ledger that records all the amounts that a company or a person owes to suppliers but has not paid yet.

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Who will issue goods received note?

Store department will issue goods received note.

Is common shares considered as a current liability?

Outstanding stock is an "owner's equity" account. It's on the same side of the accounting equation as liabilities, but it is not a liability.

How are a schedule of accounts payable prepared?

An accounts payable is a "Liability" account. Payable being the "key" word, meaning something you have to "Pay" or "Owe".

ALL payable accounts are liabilities no matter what they are for. Whether it is a bill payable, mortgage payable, note payable, wages payable, etc, they are all listed as a liability.

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How do you record a journal entry for purchase?

If the purchase was done on cash then,

Purchase A/c Dr

To Cash A/c

If the purchase was done on credit,

Purchases A/c Dr

To Creditor A/c

Who makes more doctor or fashion designer?

Depends. If you are a fashion designer who is known, such as Coco Chanel, you will most likely make more than a doctor. On average, doctors have a base salary around $90,000, and if they are a specialist, such as a gynecologist, they will in turn start higher and possibly reach the $500,000 mark.

What's the relationship between current liabilities and current assets?

Solvency. A company is considered solvent if it's current assets exceed it's current liabilities. A company is considered to be insolvent if their current liabilities exceed their current assets.

What does restore the petty cash imprest mean?

Involves having a fixed sum of amount ,which will revove for a financial year.

How is the double entry completed for items recorded in petty cash book?

Things has been done by me

Checking of General Journal (GJ) checklist of Standard Fireworks (P) Ltd, Rajaratnam Fireworks Industries.

Vouching of Petty Cash payment of Depots of Standard Fireworks (P) Ltd.,

Coordination and Preparation of all Depot Profitability of Sivakasi Fireworks Agency

Checking and analyzing the travelling statements

Preparation of Tax deducted at source statement (persons whose income exceeds the exemption limit)

Checking and matching the records between the factory register and computer

Some other routine work which have been done then and there.

What is the differnent between a current liability for an uncertain amount and a contingent liability?

Under current liability of uncertain amount liability is created on company although actual amount is unknown but in contingent liability, liability is not created on company unless specific date or time or occurence of any contingent action or activity.

Can petty cash be misappropriation of funds?

Petty cash is also called cash-in- hand as opposed to cash- at- bank. Where there is good system of internal control eg. petty cash float is established and maintained and occasional surprise csh count is undertaken a presponsible person, the possibility misapropriation of funds is rather very remote.

Why is it important to distinguish current and long term liabilities?

The timing of those liabilities.

Current liabilities are due within one year while long term liabilities are due after one year.

But if you have a bank loan over 4 years, you are to split the loan into the amount due within one year and put that in current liabilities with the remaining amount put in long term liabilities.

Is suspense account is a nominal account?

Nominal accounts are closed at the end of each accounting year. In that sense, surely Suspense Account is a Nominal Account.

What are the general ledger postings in procure to pay cycle?

1. Material Receipt

Receiving Accural Dr

AP Accural Cr

2. On completion on inspection and accepting of goods

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Receiving Accural Cr

The Above given 2 entries are in PO module

3. On entering Invoice in AP

AP Accural Dr

Accounts Payable Cr

4. On Making payment

Accounts Payable Dr

Cash/Bank Cr

What are terms 1 percent net 30?

One percent up front, balance due in 30 days.

Do decrease in Account Receivable increase cash flow?

A decrease in an amount owed to you, an Account Receivable, yields additional cash flow available to fund operations, obligation, or any allocation of cash.