Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Criteria To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that Task
Evidence
reference the student is able to: no.
Produce a trial balance applying the use of the balance off rule to
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complete the ledger.
Prepare final accounts from given trial balance figures adjusting for
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accruals, depreciation and prepayments.
Learner declaration
Learner declaration
I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged.
The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide
information about a firm's performance to external parties such as investors, creditors, and
tax authorities. Also to provide the information that is needed for sound economic decision
making.
Accounting cycle
The accounting cycle is a procession of steps that begins with the recording of a transaction and ends
with the inclusion of that transaction in the financial statements. There are a series of steps ranging
from 8-9 processes, depending on the method you follow, that are worked through before you can
consider a cycle complete.
There are six steps in accounting cycle and they are as follow:
Source Documents
Books of original entries (Day Book)
Double Entry
Trial Balance
Year End Adjustments
Financial Statement
Source Documents
Source documents are the physical foundation upon which business transactions are recorded.
Source documents are typically retained for use as evidence when auditors later review a
company's financial statements, and need to verify that transactions have, in fact, occurred.
They usually contain the following information:
An authorizing signature
Many source documents are also stamped to indicate an approval, or on which to write down
the current date or the accounts to be used to record the underlying transaction. A source
document does not have to be a paper document. It can also be electronic, such as an
electronic record of the hours worked by an employee, as entered into a company's
timekeeping system through a smartphone[ CITATION Ste192 \l 1033 ].
Double Entry
In a double accounting or bookkeeping system, for each transaction, the amounts need to be
recorded in at least two accounts. All transactions are required for a dual entry system. The
amount entered as debit must be equal to the amount entered as credit [ CITATION Ave04 \l
1033 ].
Trial Balance
Trial Balance is a rundown of shutting adjusts of record accounts on a specific date and is the
initial move towards the planning of financial statements. It is usually prepared at the end of an
accounting period to assist in the drafting of financial statements. The debit balance amounts
are listed in a column with the heading "Debit balances" and the credit balance amounts are
listed in another column with the heading "Credit balances" [ CITATION Can10 \l 1033 ].
Financial Statement
Financial statements provide a picture of the performance, financial position, and cash flows of
a business. These documents are used by the investment community, lenders, creditors, and
management to evaluate an entity. There are four main types of financial statements, which
are as follows:
Income statement. This report reveals the financial performance of an organization for the
entire reporting period. It begins with sales, and then subtracts out all expenses incurred during
the period to arrive at a net profit or loss. An earnings per share figure may also be added if the
financial statements are being issued by a publicly-held company. This is usually considered the
most important financial statement, since it describes performance.
Balance sheet. This report shows the financial position of a business as of the report date (so it
covers a specific point in time). The information is aggregated into the general classifications of
assets, liabilities, and equity. Line items within the asset and liability classification are presented
in their order of liquidity, so that the most liquid items are stated first. This is a key document,
and so is included in most issuances of the financial statements.
Statement of cash flows. This report reveals the cash inflows and outflows experienced by an
organization during the reporting period. These cash flows are broken down into three
classifications, which are operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities. This
document can be difficult to assemble, and so is more commonly issued only to outside parties.
Statement of changes in equity. This report documents all changes in equity during the
reporting period. These changes include the issuance or purchase of shares, dividends issued,
and profits or losses. This document is not usually included when the financial statements are
issued internally, as the information in it is not overly useful to the management team [ CITATION
Ste193 \l 1033 ].
Rosy
Journal
General Ledger
Land Ac
Building Ac
Fixtures Ac
Date Particular FO € Date Particular FO €
Oct-1 Bal. b/d 3,600
Inventory Ac
Capital Ac
Stationary Ac
Drawing Ac
General Expenses Ac
Rent Expenses Ac
Date Particular FO € Date Particular FO €
Oct-18 Bank Ac 1,000
Salaries Ac
Purchase Ac
Sales Ac
Discount Ac
Discount Ac
Sales Ledger
Purchase Ledger
Ac Payable (Snoopy)
Date Particula F Discoun Cash Bank Date Particula F Discoun Cash Bank
r O t £ £ r O t £ £
Allowed Allowed
£ £
201 Bal. b/d 180 17,00 201 General 700
9 0 0 9 Expenses
Oct- Oct-
1 7
6 Sales 105 9 Drawing 225
0
16 Julie 32 598 18 Rent 1000
Lily 21 389 24 Snoppy 81 1529
J. Wilson 7 133 Bobby 100
J Allen 6 114 R Foot 31
27 General 500
Expenses
30 Purchase 1500
30 Salaries 720
66 285 18234 212 285 1823
0 0 4
Nov- Bal. b/d 142 10996
1 5
There should be an appropriate and separate book of account for recording the business transaction.
Example- capital is treated as the liability for the business .and capital is treated as the asset for the
owner/proprietor….
But in the book of accounts the capital should be recorded as liability. (this is because all accounting
records should be from the business point of view)[ CITATION Bha19 \l 1033 ].
Final accounts are prepared at the end of the accounting period in one year. Internal accounts can be
prepared monthly, quarterly or half yearly[ CITATION Ans09 \l 1033 ].
References
Accounting Tools, 2018. Dual Aspect Concept. [Online]
Available at: https://www.accountingtools.com/articles/dual-aspect-concept.html
[Accessed 27 February 2020].
Gulko, C. S., 2010. Accounting, Business, and Finance. New York: Infobase Pub..