February 2025

Principles of Accounting: Sales Control Account Example

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ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Sales Control Account Example

Question

Prepare a sales ledger control account from the following information for October 20X6, carrying down the balance at 31 October:

  • Oct 1 Sales ledger balances […]
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Principles of Accounting: Incomplete and Single Records Example 1

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ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Single entry and Incomplete records: Example 1

Question

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

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Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Accounting for Partnerships

By |2025-02-12T09:05:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Accounting for Partnerships

  • It is quite common for two or more people to enter into a business partnership with one another
  • We have already looked at types of business entities here
  • You can also read more about Partnerships in a post found here
  • While most of the accounting concepts […]
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Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: Example entries when a new partner is admitted

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ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill: Example entries when a new partner is admitted

  • We have looked at entries to be made in the books when a new partner is admitted into the business
  • Now it is time to look at a simple example of the entries involved

Example Question

Partners Chinjekure and Mupfumi share profits and […]

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Public Limited Companies

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Econet is an example of a PLC Econet is an example of a PLC ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Business Organisations: Public Limited Companies

Formation

  • Membership is open to the public.
  • Membership is by invitation through a prospectus.
  • Formed by at least two shareholders and there is no upper limit.
  • Governed by the Companies Act.
  • The founding […]
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The Sales Returns and Purchases Returns Day Books

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Returns are part of business. Image credit ministryideaz.com Returns are part of business. Image credit ministryideaz.com ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: The Sales Returns and Purchases Returns Day Books

  • Most businesses allow customers to return goods that they have bought for various reasons
  • For example if the goods are ill-fitting, […]
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Simple Trading and Profit and Loss Account Example 2

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Image credit bhofinance.com Image credit bhofinance.com ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Simple Trading and Profit and Loss Account Example 2 

From the following trial balance of J Nhiwatiwa after his first year’s trading, you are required to
draw up a trading and profit and loss account for the year ended […]

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Principles of Accounting: Types of Business Organisations

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ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting Notes: Types of Business Organisations

  • A business can be defined as an economic or commercial activity
  • All business activity can be subdivided into individual and separate transactions
  • A transaction is an event that results in a change in an asset, liability, or net worth of a business
  • In accounting various words are used to […]
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Principles of Accounting: General Journal transferring to new books

By |2025-02-12T09:21:17+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: General Journal transferring to new books

  • We have already looked at some of the uses of the General Journal
  • which is sometimes simply called the Journal or Journal Proper
  • We have also looked at an example where we made different types of entries into the Journal
  • Another use not illustrated in […]
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Principles of Accounting: An example of how to correct errors in a suspense account

By |2025-02-12T09:15:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: An example of how to correct errors in a suspense account

  • We have already looked at the suspense account and why it is needed
  • We will now look at an example

You have extracted a trial balance and drawn up accounts for the year ended 31 December 20X7. There was a shortage of […]

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