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Recording Business Transactions Chapter 2
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Use accounting terms Objective 1
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Accounting Terms Account Ledger Assets Liabilities Owner’s equity Double-entry accounting T-account
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Cash Accounts Payable Gay Gillen, Capital Ledger All individual accounts combined make up the ledger. Individual asset accounts Individual liability accounts Individual owner’s equity accounts Accounting Terms
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Classification of Accounts 4 What are some asset accounts? – Cash – Notes Receivable – Accounts Receivable – Prepaid Expenses – Land – Building – Equipment
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Classification of Accounts 4 What are some liability accounts? – Notes Payable – Accounts Payable – Accrued Liabilities (for expenses incurred but not paid) – Long-term Liabilities (bonds)
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Classification of Accounts 4 What are some owner’s equity accounts? – Capital or owner’s interest in the business – Withdrawals – Revenues – Expenses
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John’s Gas Station Example 4 Assume that the business sold $5,000 worth of gasoline on a given day and performed $3,000 of repair services. 4 How much revenue did the business earn that day? 4 $8,000
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John’s Gas Station Example 4 Revenues increase John’s equity in the business. 4 The business had to pay mechanics and vendors $3,750 for the work performed that day.
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John’s Gas Station Example 4 Expenses decrease John’s equity in the business. 4 How much was the net increase in John’s equity that day? 4 $4,250
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Contributed Capital Retained Earnings Classification of Accounts 4 In a corporation, the owner’s equity account is called Stockholders’ Equity.
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Double-Entry Accounting 4 Double entry bookkeeping means to record the dual effects of each business transaction. 4 Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity 4 Assets are on the left (debit) side. 4 Liabilities and Equity are on the right (credit) side.
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The T-Account Account Title Debit Credit Left Side
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The T-Account Account Title Debit Credit Right Side
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Apply the Rules of Debit and Credit. Objective 2
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Owner’s Equity AssetsLiabilities Debit + Debit – Credit – Debit – Credit + Credit + =+ Rules of Debit and Credit
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One debitOne credit Each transaction is recorded with at least: Total debits must equal total credits. The Double-Entry System
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John’s Gas Station Example 4 On July 1, John invested $500,000 in cash and obtained a $300,000 loan to open a gas station. 4 How much was the initial increase in cash? 4 $800,000 4 Which accounts were affected?
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John’s Gas Station Example Cash Liabilities Owner’s Equity
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John’s Gas Station Example John’s Gas Station Balance Sheet July 1, 2002 AssetsLiabilities Cash$800,000Notes payable$300,000 Owner’s Equity John, capital 500,000 Total liabilities Total assets$800,000and owner’s equity$800,000
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Record Transactions in the Journal. Objective 3
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Journals 4 What is a journal? 4 It is a list in chronological order of all the transactions for a business. 1 Identify transaction from source documents. 2 Specify accounts affected. 3 Apply debit/credit rules. 4 Record transaction with description.
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Journals 4 What does a journal entry include? – date of the transaction – title of the account debited – title of the account credited – amount of the debit and credit – description of the transaction – dollar signs are omitted
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Recording Transactions 4 On April 2, Gay Gillen invested $30,000 in Gay Gillen eTravel. 4 What is the journal entry? 4 April 2 Cash30,000 Gay Gillen, Capital30,000 Received initial investment from owner
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Post from the Journal to the Ledger. Objective 4
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Bound books Computer printout Cards Loose leaf pages Ledger 4 What is a ledger? 4 It is a digest of all accounts utilized by an entity during an accounting period.
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Posting 4 What is posting? 4 It is the transfer of information from the journal to the appropriate accounts in the ledger.
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Normal Account Balances 4 Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity 4 Debits = Credits 4 The side where we expect increases to be recorded is the normal balance side.
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Cash (1) 30,000 (2) 20,000 (4) 300 (6) 2,100 Bal. 7,600 Office Supplies (3) 500 Bal. 500 Land (2) 20,000 Bal. 20,000 Asset Accounts After Posting
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Accounts Payable Gay Gillen, Withdrawals (1) 30,000 Bal. 30,000 (3) 500(4) 300 Bal. 200 Gay Gillen, Capital (6) 2,000 Bal. 2,000 Liabilities and Owner’s Equity Accounts After Posting
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Details of Journals and Ledgers DateAccounts and Explanation DebitCredit April 2Cash30,000 Gay Gillen, Capital30,000 Received initial investment from owner JournalPage 1
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Details of Journals and Ledgers Balance Date Ref. Debit Credit Debit Credit April 2 jrl 30,000 30,000 Account: CashAccount: 101 Insert the number of the journal page. Posting
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Details of Journals and Ledgers Journal Page 1 Date Account and Explanation Post Ref. Debit Credit April 2 Cash 101 30,000 Gay Gillen, Capital 301 30,000 Initial investment from owner Insert the ledger account in the journal.
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Balance Account: Cash Account No. 101 Date Item Ref. Debit Credit Debit Credit April 2 jr1 30,000 30,000 The Four-Column Account Format
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Prepare and use a Trial Balance. Objective 5
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Trial Balance 4 What is a trial balance? 4 It is an internal document. 4 It is a listing of all the accounts with their related balances. 4 Before computers, it provided a check on accuracy by showing whether total debits equal total credits.
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DEBITS CREDITS Locating Trial Balance Errors 4 What if it doesn’t balance ? 4 Is the addition correct? 4 Are all accounts listed? 4 Are the balances listed correctly?
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Locating Trial Balance Errors 4 Divide the difference by two. 4 Is there a debit/credit balance for this amount posted in the wrong column? 4 Check journal postings. 4 Review accounts for reasonableness. 4 Computerized accounting programs usually prohibit out-of-balance entries.
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Analyze Transactions without a Journal. Objective 6
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John’s Gas Station 4 John is considering either purchasing a garage for $70,000 or renting one for $10,000 per year. 4 John does not need to record in the journal all of the transactions that would affect his decision. 4 Why?
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John’s Gas Station 4 John has not completed a transaction yet. 4 However, John can visualize how the ledger accounts will be affected.
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Rent the garage Buy the garage Cash 70,000 Building 70,000 John’s Gas Station Rent Expense Cash 10,000
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End of Chapter 2
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