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Introduction to Accounting
ACCOUNTING DEFINED
* Accounting is a service activity. Its function is to provide quantitative information primarily financial in
nature, about economic activities, that is intended to be useful in making economic decisions. (ASC)
* Accounting is the art of recording, classifying and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of
money, transaction and events which are in part, at least of a financial character and interpreting the
results thereof. (AICPA)
* The process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed
judgements and decisions by users of the information. (AAA)
NATURE OF ACCOUNTING
* Accounting is a service activity.
* Accounting is a process.
* Accounting is both an Art and Science
* Accounting Information deals with financial transactions/information.
* Accounting is an Information System
* Accounting is a stewardship function.
FUNCTION OF ACCOUNTING
1. Formation and control of Financial Policies
2. Preparation of Budget
3. Cost Control
4. Analyzing, communcating, summarizing and classifying financial information.
5. Recording of Financial Transactions
HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING
*8500 BC- Use of “bulla” or bullae” for commercial and legal documentation. These hollow ball-like clay
envelopes were also used to identify the quantity and types of goods being recorded.
*3600 BC- “The clay of Mesopotamia” containing commercial transactions including accounts
receivables and payables
*2286- “Code of Hammurabi” required merchants to give buyers a sealed memorandum containing the
agreed price of goods
* 1000 BC- Phoenicians created an alphabet with accounting to trade with ancient Egyptians.
*500 BC- Egyptian Accounting records and the invention of Bead and Wire Abacus
* 63 BC- “Res Gestae Divi Augusti” or The Deeds of the Divine Augustus containing the expenditures of
the emperor, including distributions to people.
*10 AD- Emperor Wang Mang of Xin Dynasty implemented the first income tax of 10% of profits.
*1299- Giovanni Farolfi & Company a firm of Florentine Merchants that used the earliest evidence of full
double entry bookkeeping that appeared in the “Farolfi Ledger”
*1299 to 1300- Amatino Manucci kept the ledger accounts of Giovanni Farolfi & Company.
*1300- “Statute of Westminster” showed historical records of accountants
*1340- “Massari Ledgers of Commune of Genoa” displayed the perfect double-entry form of double
entry bookkeeping that shows different pages for debit and credit.
*1458- Benedetto Cotrugli an economist who wrote the first bookkeeping manuscript called “Della
mercatura e del mercante perfetto” but his work was only published in 1573. Pacioli credited Cotrugli for
the origination of the double entry bookkeeping system.
* 1494- Luca Pacioli the father of modern accounting who published the first ever book with detailed
chapter of double entry bookkeeping known as the “Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et
Proportionalita”.
*1675- Jacques Savary published his book “The Perfect Merchant” with chapters describing accounting.
*1798- Income tax was implemented in Britain
*1804- “Code of Napoleon” a civil law that was enforced containing regulations on commercial
transactions.
*1861- Income tax was implemented in America
*1896- First CPA examination in the State of New York
*1898- Eugen Schmalenbach- quoted price level accounting
*1913- Income tax was implemented in the Philippines.
*1915- Vicente F. Fabella became the first Filipino CPA. He took the exam at Wisconsin USA.
*1932- First CPA Exam in the Philippines.
Branches of accounting
a. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- field of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related
to a business and the preparation of its related financial statements
b. MANAGEMENT/ MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
- the practice of analyzing and communicating financial data to managers for decision making
c. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING
- refers to all accounting processes related to the government
d. AUDITING
- examination of the financial statements of an entity
e. TAX ACCOUNTING
- providing tax services to entities
f. COST ACCOUNTING
- service provided to a manufacturing company in costing and analyzing their products and production
processes.
g. ACCOUNTING EDUCATION
- teaching accounting as a profession
h. ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
- conducting accounting related researches
Accounting Equation
ASSET = Liability + Capital (A=L+C)
ASSET = Liability + Capital + Revenue - Expenses
Books of Accounts
a. GENERAL JOURNAL
- the book of original entries
b. SPECIAL JOURNAL
1. Cash Receipts Journal- for recording all cash inflows
2. Cash Disbursement Journal- for recording all cash outflows
3. Sales Journal- for recording all sales on credit
4. Purchases Journal- for recording all purchases on credit
c. GENERAL LEDGER
- a grouping of all accounts used in the preparation of financial statements
d. SUBSIDIARY LEDGER
- a group of similar accounts whose combined balances are equal to the balance of a specific general
ledger account
Accounting Cycle
TRANSACTIONS
Transaction is a transfer of resources (asset) and obligations (liability). A business can be involved in
many affairs and activities- when it pays electricity, hire employees, incur debts and even receiving
investments from investors a transaction occurs.
Below are some examples of common financial transactions.
1. Owner invested money in the business.
2. Purchase of office furniture and supplies
3. Purchase of a fire insurance for the office building.
4. Hiring and training employees.
5. Purchasing inventories.
6. Purchasing supplies on credit.
7. Getting a loan from the bank.
8. Paying bills and loan interest.
9. Depreciation of factory machine.
10. Paying government taxes.
In a transaction there is a value received and a value parted with. Let's try to analyze this transaction.
When a business pays the salary of an employee, the business gives cash in exchange of services from
the employee. So the value received by the business is the service provided by the employee and the
cash is the value parted with.
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NORMAL BALANCE
An account has 2 sides, the debit and the credit side. The normal balance of an account is the side where
the account increases.
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For Example:
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Take note that the normal balance of Cash(asset) is Debit, so everytime the business receives cash the
debit side increases and when it pays expenses the cash decreases on the credit side
Accounting Equation
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JOURNALIZING
Double Entry Bookkeeping
A method used in journalizing transactions where there is always a value received and a value parted
with, hence a debit and credit side.
Chart of Accounts
A list of accounts that a business use in journalizing transactions. The industry uses standard names for
common accounts; however a business may opt to adapt its own.
Now let’s try journalizing the following transactions.
1. Katrina invested 1 million to open a restaurant; the money was deposited in a savings account.
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Take note that both sides should always be equal. If not, go ahead and check your journal entries and t-
accounts, you must have missed something, recorded a wrong amount, totalled incorrectly, posted to a
wrong account etc.
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ADJUSTING ENTRIES
Adjusting entries are special journal entries done to update the amount of some accounts so that they
will reflect their correct amounts at the end of the accounting period.
2. Accrued Expense- expenses that were incurred/used and not yet paid
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b. Prepayments/ Prepaid Expense- Expenses that are already paid in advance but was not yet
used/incurred/consumed.
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c. Precollections/ Unearned Revenue/ Deferred Revenue- these are income that were received in
advance but the service was not yet rendered
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d. Bad debts/ Uncollectible Accounts/ Doubtful Accounts Expense- when business offers credit to its
customers, some may not be able to pay or fully pay their debts therefore the amount of accounts
receivable are reduced to reflect uncollectible debts.
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e. Depreciation and Amortization- A reduction of value due to the passage of time. As time passes, the
value of tangible assets depreciates, same as with intangible assets.
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Salvage value- the amount that you expect to recover at the end of the life of an asset.
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Adjusting entries are necessary before creating financial statements. Remember that this journal entries
are also being posted on the ledger.
ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE AND WORKSHEET
A working paper showing the account balances from the trial balance, adjustments, unadjusted trial
balance, income statement and balance sheet. Though this part is optional, it does facilitate the
preparation of financial statements.
Below is an example showing as a guide in preparing your working paper.
3rd column: adjusted trial balance- a trial balance reflecting the amounts from the adjusting entries
4th column: Income Sheet- a column that will reflect all the revenue and expense account.
5th column: Balance Sheet- a column that will show all the balances of asset, liability and equity
accounts.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Formal records of all financial transactions of an entity presented according to Accounting Standards and
Principles.
Merchandising business
INVENTORY SYSTEMS
* periodic inventory system- no continuous record of inventory
*perpetual inventory system- continuous record of inventory and cost of goods sold
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FREIGHT COSTS
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SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
a. Purchase Returns- deducted to purchases, represents goods that were returned to the supplier
b. Purchase Allowances- deducted to purchases, represents defective goods that will not be returned to
the supplier but will no longer be paid
e. Sales Allowances- deducted to sales, when the business deducts an amount from the selling price
COSG Computation
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2. Returns
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a. Return on sales
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2. Accounts Receivable
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3. Accounts Payable
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2. Equity Ratio
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3. Equity: Debt
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e. Marketability Ratio
1. Price: Earning Ratio
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2. Dividend Yield
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4. DuPont Analysis
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Bank Reconciliation
1. MEANING
- a statement which brings into agreement the cash balance per book and cash balance per bank
- usually prepared monthly
- only for demand deposit or checking account
2. 3 TYPES OF BANK DEPOSITS
a. Demand Deposit/ Checking Account
- deposits are covered by deposit slips and where funds are withdrawable on demand by drawing
checks against the bank
- noninterest bearing
b. Saving Deposit
- a depositor will have a passbook, which is required when making withdrawals and deposits
- interest bearing
c. Time Deposit
- a deposit that can be withdrawn on demand or after an agreed period
- the depositor will have a certificate of deposit
- interest bearing
3. BANK STATEMENT
- a monthly report by the bank to the depositor which includes the cash balance, deposits and checks
drawn
4. RECONCILING ITEMS
a. Book Reconciling Items – requires adjusting entries only on the depositor’s books
1. Credit Memos (increases cash balance)
- items other than deposits that was credited by the bank to the depositor’s account but not yet debited
on the depositor’s books
e.g.
a. notes receivable collected by the bank and was credited to the depositor’s account
b. matured time deposits transferred by the bank to the depositor’s current account
c. proceeds of bank loans credited to the depositors account
2. Debit Memos (decreases cash balance)
- items other than checks drawn that was debited by the bank to the depositor’s account but not yet
credited on the depositor’s books
e.g.
a. NSF checks
b. defective checks
c. bank service charges
d. reduction of loan
3. Errors
b. Bank Reconciling Items – requires changes only on the bank’s records
1. Deposits in Transits
- collections already debited by the depositor but does not reflect on the bank statement
2. Outstanding Checks
- checks already credited by the depositor but does not reflect on the bank statement
3. Errors
5. FORMS OF BANK RECONCILIATION
a. Adjusted Balance Method (preferred method)
- the book and bank balance are brought to a correct cash balance that must appear on the balance
sheet.
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b. Book to Bank Method - the book balance is adjusted to equal the bank balance
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c. Bank to Book Method - the bank balance is adjusted to equal the book balance
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6. PROBLEMS
a. Cash ledger- unadjusted book
b. Bank Statement- unadjusted bank
c. Assume Imprest Fund System
a. Return on sales
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Bank Reconciliation
1. MEANING
- a statement which brings into agreement the cash balance per book and cash balance per bank
- usually prepared monthly
- only for demand deposit or checking account
2. 3 TYPES OF BANK DEPOSITS
a. Demand Deposit/ Checking Account
- deposits are covered by deposit slips and where funds are withdrawable on demand by drawing
checks against the bank
- noninterest bearing
b. Saving Deposit
- a depositor will have a passbook, which is required when making withdrawals and deposits
- interest bearing
c. Time Deposit
- a deposit that can be withdrawn on demand or after an agreed period
- the depositor will have a certificate of deposit
- interest bearing
3. BANK STATEMENT
- a monthly report by the bank to the depositor which includes the cash balance, deposits and checks
drawn
4. RECONCILING ITEMS
a. Book Reconciling Items – requires adjusting entries only on the depositor’s books
1. Credit Memos (increases cash balance)
- items other than deposits that was credited by the bank to the depositor’s account but not yet debited
on the depositor’s books
e.g.
a. notes receivable collected by the bank and was credited to the depositor’s account
b. matured time deposits transferred by the bank to the depositor’s current account
c. proceeds of bank loans credited to the depositors account
2. Debit Memos (decreases cash balance)
- items other than checks drawn that was debited by the bank to the depositor’s account but not yet
credited on the depositor’s books
e.g.
a. NSF checks
b. defective checks
c. bank service charges
d. reduction of loan
3. Errors
b. Bank Reconciling Items – requires changes only on the bank’s records
1. Deposits in Transits
- collections already debited by the depositor but does not reflect on the bank statement
2. Outstanding Checks
- checks already credited by the depositor but does not reflect on the bank statement
3. Errors
5. FORMS OF BANK RECONCILIATION
a. Adjusted Balance Method (preferred method)
- the book and bank balance are brought to a correct cash balance that must appear on the balance
sheet.
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b. Book to Bank Method - the book balance is adjusted to equal the bank balance
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c. Bank to Book Method - the bank balance is adjusted to equal the book balance
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6. PROBLEMS
a. Cash ledger- unadjusted book
b. Bank Statement- unadjusted bank
c. Assume Imprest Fund System