Sunday, 23 March 2014

Chapter One Questions


Why do we have double entry- accounting  ? Why do we put in everything twice ? why not once ?

Double entry accounting is mainly used for bookkeeping however a better example which I understood would be a customer purchases a car and their asset would increase as they now own a car but their cash at the bank decreases as they have to pay for the car.

I couldn't get my head around the dentition , as I couldn't put it into words or even understand it  however by using an example of car made it so much more easier to understand the concepts of double - entry accounting. 
 
 
Three Assets - An asset increases the value within a business
 
1)  Inventories
2)  Property, Plants and equipment
3)  Trade and other receivable
 
Three Liabilities - liabilities are financial payments which a firm may owe to banks or  suppliers
 
1) Other financial liabilities
2) Provision
3) Income tax Payable
 
Three Equities  - Equity is the value of shares within a company
 
1) Contributed Equity
2) Reverses
3) Accumulated losses  
 
 


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