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Equity
Owner's capital - residual amount
after assets less liabs
Increased by
Investments
Income/profit
Decreased by
Withdrawals
Expenses/loss
Owner's drawings - used to record
the temporary withdrawals of the
owner during the period
Income
Service fees
Sales
Interest income
Gains
Expense
Cost of sales (or cost of goods sold)
CHAPTER 5: BOOK OF ACCOUNTS & DOUBLE- Used to classify the effects of business
ENTRY SYSTEM transactions on the accounts
Book of secondary entries / book of
Learning Objectives: final entries
1. Identify the uses of the two books of Process is called posting
accounts
2. Explain the rules of debits and credits Kind of ledgers
a. General ledger - contains all the
accounts appearing in the trial
THE BOOK OF ACCOUNTS balance
A business maintains two books of b. Subsidiary ledger - provides a
accounts, namely: breakdown of the balance of
1. Journal; and controlling accounts
2. Ledger Controlling account (or
control account) - consists
JOURNAL of a group of accounts with
Book of original entries similar nature
Where business transactions are first
recorded DOUBLE-ENTRY SYSTEM
Recorded through journal entries All transactions are recorded in the
(process called journalizing) accounting records using the double-
entry system
TYPES OF JOURNALS Each transaction is recorded in two
parts - debit & credit
Special Journals
Used to record transactions of a similar CONCEPTS OF DUALITY AND EQUILIBRIUM
nature 1. The concept of duality - views each
1. Sales journal - records sales on transaction as having a two-fold effect
account on values (received and parted with)
2. Purchases journal - record purchase of 2. The concept of equilibrium - requires
inventory that each transaction is recorded in
3. Cash receipts journal - used to record terms of equal debit and credits
all transactions involving receipts of
cash ENDING BALANCE OF AN ACCOUNT
4. Cash disbursements journal - record
all transactions involving payments of CONTRA AND ADJUNCT ACCOUNT
cash
General Journal
All other transactions that cannot be
recorded in the special journals are
recorded in the general journal
Includes:
Purchase of inventory in ex for notes
payable
Adjusting entries
Correcting entries
Reversing entries
LEDGER