February 2025

Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: The Imprest system

By |2025-02-12T09:01:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Source Documents: The petty Cash Book: The Imprest system

  • The imprest system is one where the cashier gives the petty cashier enough cash to meet
    the petty cash needs for the following period
  • This amount is known as a float amount
  • Let’s say this amount is $500
  • Then, at the end of […]
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Cambrige Notes: Sole Trader:Trading and Profit and Loss Account/Income Statement Example

By |2025-02-12T09:04:58+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Trading and Profit and Loss Account/Income Statement Example

From the following trial balance of S Madondo, extracted after one year’s trading, prepare a trading and profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 20X6. A balance sheet is not required.

  • Stock at 31 December 20X6 was $12,408

Solution

S […]

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Cambrige Notes: The trial balance

By |2025-02-12T09:08:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The trial balance

  • It has already been explained that at the core of accounting is the double entry principle.
  • The principle states that there are two aspects or sides to every transaction: a debit and a credit.
  • A trial balance is a list of all the debits and all the […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Company Accounts: Basic Terms

By |2025-02-12T09:21:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Limited Liability Companies: Basic Terms

  • As pointed out elsewhere there are subtle differences between accounting for sole trader businesses, partnerships and non-profit entities when compared to accounting for limited liability companies
  • This is due to differences in the way limited liability companies conduct their business when compared to […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Goodwill upon death or retirement of a partner

By |2025-02-12T09:25:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: When a partner dies/retires

  • Death is an inevitable part of life
  • Sometimes a partner might die
  • Also in other instances a partner might choose to leave the business i.e. retire
  • In all the cases above the affected partner ends up leaving the business
  • Technically […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Incomplete and Single Records Example 1

By |2025-02-12T09:28:50+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Single entry and Incomplete records: Example 1

Question

On 1 May 20X8 Jenny Barnes, who is […]

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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: The reducing balance/diminishing balance method

By |2025-02-12T09:31:53+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The reducing balance/diminishing balance method

  • As discussed in this topic there are number of ways in which depreciation can be calculated
  • The reducing balance method is one of these methods
  • It is also known as the diminishing balance method
  • A fixed percentage is deducted from the first from cost then […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Partnerships: Capital and Current Accounts

By |2025-02-12T09:35:14+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Capital and Current Accounts

  • Like a normal business partnerships are formed when their owners (partners) inject capital into the business
  • While the principles of recording capital are the same as those of a Sole Trader business
  • There are certain differences that need to be borne in mind
  • One […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Bank Reconciliation Statements

By |2025-02-12T09:38:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Introduction to Bank Reconciliation Statements

  • When we looked at the Cash Book we mentioned that all bank related transactions are recorded in it
  • We glaringly ignored one fact the bank is also a business
  • They have their own set of records about our deposits and withdrawals
  • In modern times due […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: The Accruals concept and the Materiality concept

By |2025-02-12T09:41:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The Accruals concept and the Materiality concept

  • As we has already been pointed out in another topic here
  • The accounting function is governed by several concepts which form part of what are known as International Financial Reporting Standards
  • In this topic we will look at:
    1. The Accruals/Matching Concept and

      2. […]

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