January 2023

Cambrige Notes: The General Journal Example

By |2022-09-15T12:30:58+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An example of journal entries. Image credit Frank Wood's Business Accounting 1 An example of journal entries. Image credit Frank Wood’s Business Accounting 1

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The General Journal Example

You are a bookkeeper for J Benzi. You are to show the journal entries necessary to record […]

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Cambrige Notes: Introduction and basic terms

By |2022-09-15T12:30:47+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Introduction and basic terms

  • Accounting is a system comprising the following elements: In summary Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring and communicating business information to assist users in making informed, useful decisions.
  • Only monetary transactions are recorded in accounting using the historical and monetary principles.
  • This simply means that only […]
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Cambrige Notes: The format of a Balance Sheet/Statement of Financial Position

By |2022-09-15T12:31:07+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The format of a Balance Sheet/Statement of Financial Position

The Name of the Business(The Name of the Sole Trader is used in Sole Trader Businesses)

Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2016

  • The name of the business is to be replaced by the name of the […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Statements of Changes in Equity

By |2022-09-15T12:32:16+02:00January 24th, 2023|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: Statements of Changes in Equity

  • Besides the Statement of Financial Position and Income Statement
  • Companies are also required to prepare a Statement of Changes in Equity
  • This statement as implied by its name shows changes in equity from the beginning to the end of the […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Example revaluation of partnership assets

By |2022-09-15T12:32:12+02:00January 24th, 2023|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: Revaluation of Partnership Assets

  • As already pointed out in another post, sometimes it is necessary for a partnership to revalue its assets
  • We have already looked at the entries necessary to record these changes in value
  • Now we will look at an example […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: William Sachikonye Income Statement

By |2022-09-15T12:31:56+02:00January 24th, 2023|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 2

  • This is a solution including workings for the question posted here
  • We are attempting to create an Income Statement so naturally we will start by calculating the sales figure for the year

Sales calculation for the year ended 31 March 20×6

NB This is […]

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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Double entry for depreciation example

By |2022-09-15T12:31:40+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Double entry for depreciation example

  • Here we will assume that you have read
  • The topic about the rationale behind depreciation
  • The topic about the methods of calculating depreciation
  • The entries required to record depreciation in the books
  • If not you should click on each of the above links […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Trade Discount

By |2022-09-15T12:31:25+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Trade Discount

  • Generally most businesses especially wholesalers and manufacturers have three types of customers:
    1. The General Public who buy only a few items
    2. Traders who only buy a few items
    3. Traders a large number of goods
  • Traders have to eventually sell to their own customers in their own areas for […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Bank reconciliation statement and bank overdraft

By |2022-09-15T12:31:49+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Bank reconciliation statement and bank overdraft

  • Preparing a bank reconciliation statement is easy
  • In the last example we assumed that the business had a positive balance shown by a a debit bank balance in the bank column of the cash book and a credit balance on the bank statement
  • In […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: The Going concern concept and consistency concept

By |2022-09-15T12:31:36+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: The Going concern concept and consistency concept

  • Going concern and consistency concepts are important in the accounting world

The going concern concept

  • It is one of the most fundamental concepts
  • It forms the assumption on which all accounting operations are carried out
  • According to this concept all accounting transactions must be recorded […]
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