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Account Titles: PLEASE MEMORIZE AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Account Titles: PLEASE MEMORIZE AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ACCOUNT TITLES
ASSETS
CASH
Ø
Currency (bills and coins), checks, postal money
orders, and treasury warrants received by the business.
Ø
Current asset
Ø
Current asset
2. CASH ON HAND
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Cash in the possession and custody of the
business.
Ø
Current asset.
3. CASH IN BANK
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Cash that is deposited in the banks.
Ø
Current Asset
Investment in Trading
Securities
1. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
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Amount collectible from clients or customers’
services rendered or sale of goods.
Ø
Current asset
3. NOTES RECEIVABLE
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Amounts collectible that is covered by
promissory notes.
Ø
Represents the principal amount or the face
value of the promissory notes which is held by the payee.
4. COMMISSION RECEIVABLE
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Represents the amount collectible from the party
who is obliged to give a commission.
Ø
Current Asset
5. INTEREST RECEIVABLE
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Amount collectible in a loan transaction.
Ø
Current asset
6. RENT RECEIVABLE
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Represents the amount collected from the
tenant or the lessee.
Ø
Current Asset
7. ADVANCE TO EMPLOYEES
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Cash advance to be deducted from the gross
salary of the employee.
Ø
Current asset
8. MERCHANDISE INVENTORY
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Goods acquired for sale and are still unsold.
Ø
Current asset
9. PREPAID EXPENSES
Ø
Expenses to be incurred yet in the future but
are already paid.
Ø
Current asset
Examples: Prepaid
Rent, Prepaid Interest, and Prepaid Insurance.
Ø
Expenses of the future accounting period(s) that are
paid in advance.
Examples:
Unexpired portion of insurance premiums (prepaid insurance) and advertisements
paid in advance (prepaid advertising)
The following
are the examples of Prepaid Expenses:
PREPAID ADVERTISING
Ø
Advance payment of advertising in all media
types and promotional campaigns.
Ø
Current Asset
PREPAID INSURANCE
Ø
Advance payment of insurance whether it is life
insurance or non-life insurance.
Ø
Current Asset
PREPAID RENT
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Advance payment of rent by the tenant.
Ø
Current asset
PREPAID SUBSCRIPTION
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Advance payment to print materials or non-print
materials.
Ø
Current asset
Ø
Current asset
Ø
Current asset
12. UNUSED SUPPLIES
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Supplies that are still unused as of the end o an accounting period.
Ø
Current Asset
These refer to items that are useful for more than one year.
Ø
Land acquired by the business for its use.
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Non-current assets
BUILDING
Ø
Structures or edifices acquired for use of the
business.
Ø
Refers to a structure with roof and walls that
are constructed on the land. Examples are office buildings, factory plants, and
similar structures.
Ø
Non-current assets
MACHINERY
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Refers to equipment that has the power to produce
movements or forces.
Ø
Non-current assets
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Furniture refers to movable things that are the result of design.
Ø
Fixture, on the other hand, refers to something
attached to a property such as walls.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
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Refers to business machines used in workplaces.
Examples are computers, copier machines.
Ø
Heavy, metallic and movable items used in an
office to perform certain functions or are capable of performing certain
functions.
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Non-current assets
STORE EQUIPMENT
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Refers to business machines used in
point-of-sale transactions. An example is a Cash Register.
Ø
Non-current assets
DELIVERY EQUIPMENT
Ø
Wheeled items used in making deliveries to
customers or clients. Examples are vans and trucks.
Ø
Non-current assets
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
Ø
A contra-asset account that represents the
cumulative depreciation of a fixed asset from the date it was purchased up to
the date of the financial statements.
TOOLS
Ø
Handy, small, and usually metallic items used in
performing certain functions such as saws, hammers, pliers, scissors, screws,
drivers, and jacks. Tools in general have a long useful life but do not have
significant peso value.
Ø
Non-current assets.
LIABILITIES
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Obligations to suppliers for items brought and
are not supported by promissory notes. It is often referred to as arising from
purchases “on open account”.
Ø
Represents the principal amount or the face
value of the promissory note which is issued by the maker.
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Current liability
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Current liability
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Current liability
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Current liability
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Current liability
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Current liability
Examples are Taxes payable, Salaries and Wages Payable, and Accrued Advertising
Ø
Advance Current liability
9. UNEARNED INCOME
Ø
receipt of cash representing the payment for
future advertising services.
Ø
Non-current liability
Ø
Non-current liability
Ø
Non-current liability
OWNERS EQUITY
OWNER, CAPITAL
Ø Capital of the sole proprietor in his business. If the owner is Jose P. Golez, the
account becomes Jose P. Golez, Capital. At the end of the accounting period, it
is adjusted for withdrawals and net income (net loss).
OWNER, DRAWING
Ø This account title is used for withdrawals made by the owner. If the owner’s name is
Jose P. Golez, the account title is Jose P. Golez, Drawing or Jose P. Golez,
Personal.
REVENUE/
INCOME
SERVICE INCOME
Ø This refers to revenue realized by providing services to customers.
Ø This refers to the income derived from the rendering of services and is the primary
income for a service business.
COMMISSION INCOME
Ø Income derived by an agent for the performance of services such as product
distribution, disintermediation services, and others.
DIVIDEND INCOME
Ø Income from share investments.
INTEREST INCOME
Ø Income from loan transactions.
RENT INCOME
Ø Income from the use of the land or unit space.
Ø NCV
is the difference between the cost of the asset and its accumulated
depreciation.
FEES INCOME
Ø This refers to revenue realized by providing professional services to clients.
Examples are legal, dental, and medical fees.
SALES
Ø This account title is used to refer to revenue from the sale of goods that when
previously acquired for sale.
EXPENSES
ADVERTISING EXPENSES
Ø Incurred in making the public aware of the goods and services being offered by the
business.
Ø Examples are the cost of or rentals for signboards and neon signs and advertisements in the
newspapers and through radio and television.
Ø Examples are the salaries of sales and office employees and wages of employees holding
blue-collar jobs (factory and shop workers, maintenance men, drivers, and
mechanics).
SUPPLIES EXPENSES
Ø Cost of supplies already used.
Ø Examples are factory and shop supplies (rags, brooms, and lubricants), office supplies
(paper, pencils, adding machine tapes, and erasers), and dental supplies
(cotton, dental floss, and facial tissue paper).
TOOLS EXPENSE
Ø Cost of tools treated as an expense
DEPRECIATION EXPENSE
Ø The portion of property cost allocated to an accounting period.
Ø Non-cash expense that represents the total depreciation of the fixed assets for the
year.
Example: A machine costing P20,000 has an estimated useful life of 5 years. Annual depreciation
expense may be P4,000(or P20,000/5 years).
INSURANCE EXPENSE
Ø Insurance premiums related to the current period
BAD DEBTS
Ø Provision for uncollectible receivables
RENT EXPENSE
Ø Payment made by a tenant lessee for the use of the land or unit space.
Ø The number of rentals incurred based on occupancy space or usage of property and
equipment
UTILITY EXPENSE
Ø Utilities such as light, water, and communication facilities such as phones, the internet,
and others.
INTEREST EXPENSE
Ø Expense from loan transactions.
COMMISSION EXPENSE
Ø Payments made to agents for the performance of services such as product distribution,
intermediation services, and others.
DONATION EXPENSE
Ø Charitable
contributions to a person, group of persons, or organization.
FRINGE BENEFIT EXPENSE
Ø Benefits given to supervisory or managerial employees aside from the basic monthly
compensation.
INSURANCE EXPENSE
Ø Refers to life insurance and non-life insurance purchased for the purpose of
protecting an asset or a resource.
1.
PAG-IBIG housing benefit contribution
2.
Philhealth health benefit contribution
3.
SSS health benefit contribution
PROFESSIONAL FEE
Ø Compensation given to persons rendering professional services to the business.
TRAVEL EXPENSE
Ø Commuting costs of using public transportation including airport fees and other fees.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE
Ø Expense which cannot be classified from the above expenses.
Ø The different minor expenses incurred and for which no specific account title has
been adopted.
Ø Examples are transportation expenses for P2.00 and bank charges for P10.00.