January 2023

Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: When a new partner is admitted

By |2022-09-15T12:32:44+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: When a new partner is admitted

  • It is not uncommon for a partnership business to admit a new partner
  • This is happens for any number of reasons including:
    • To admit a partner with new skills
    • When the firm is expanding
    • To replace a partner who is […]
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Private Limited Companies

By |2022-09-15T12:42:18+02:00January 24th, 2023|O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

Dell Private Limited. Image credit freshhotjobs.com Dell Private Limited. Image credit freshhotjobs.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Business Organisations: Private Limited Companies

  • Its operations are governed by the Companies Act.
  • Formed by 2-50 shareholders.
  • In other countries a company is formed by 2 or more people with no maximum number of shareholders.
  • Has a […]
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Cash Book Entries to record Cash Deposited into the Bank

By |2022-09-15T12:41:03+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

Cash Book Example. Frank Wood's Business Accounting I Cash Book Example. Frank Wood’s Business Accounting I ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts: Books of Original Entry: Cash Book Entries to record Cash Deposited into the Bank

  • If a business receives cash from its customers and
  • The cash is later paid into (deposited) into […]
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Sole Trader:Trading and Profit and Loss Account Example

By |2022-09-15T12:40:06+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

Image credit erekocynigit.com Image credit erekocynigit.com ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Trading and Profit and Loss Account 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 […]

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Business Studies: Financial statements

By |2022-09-15T12:33:45+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: Financial statements/ Final Accounts

  • The accounting function exists mainly to record, analyse and present financial information
  • Presentation of financial information involves the preparation of what are known as final accounts
  • They are called final accounts because they are the last accounts to be prepared
  • They are also made at […]
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Principles of Accounts: The Analytical Petty Cash Book

By |2022-09-15T12:33:30+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Source Documents: The petty Cash Book: The Analytical Petty Cash Book

  • Although petty cash payments are varied in nature
  • In most businesses there are common items that benefit from  petty cash payments
  • For example motor repair expenses, petrol expenses, employee bus fare, stationary etc
  • For this reason in such businesses, the petty […]
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Principles of Accounting: Correcting Errors using suspense account

By |2022-09-15T12:33:21+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Correcting Errors using suspense account

  • In another topic we learnt about the need, use and purpose of the suspense account
  • In this topic we will learn about how to correct errors that involve the suspense account
  • If you are looking at how errors that are not revealed by the trial balance […]
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Principles of Accounting: The reducing balance/diminishing balance method

By |2022-09-15T12:33:13+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts 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 subsequently […]
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Principles of Accounting: Sales Control Account Example

By |2022-09-15T12:33:06+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

By |2022-09-15T12:32:58+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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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