February 2025

Principles of Accounting: Introduction to depreciation

By |2025-02-12T09:34:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Introduction to depreciation

  • In the beginning we looked at basic terms
  • One of these terms we defined was fixed assets which we defined assets that are held by a firm in the long-term  and are used in the production of its income and are not expected to be consumed or converted into […]
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Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Control Accounts

By |2025-02-12T09:18:22+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Introduction to Control Accounts

  • We have already pointed out that errors do occur during the bookkeeping and accounting process
  • Some errors can be revealed by creating a trial balance
  • Control Accounts are another mechanism that can be used to discover errors in the books
  • Control Accounts are used to minimize errors as […]
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Principles of Accounting: Single entry and Incomplete records

By |2025-02-12T09:40:56+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

  • It is not at all uncommon for business owners to have incomplete accounting records
  • A lot of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) often do not keep double entry accounting systems
  • Consider the example of a banana vendor it would be ridiculous for him to keep a double […]
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Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Manufacturing Accounts

By |2025-02-12T09:42:49+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Manufacturing Accounts

  • Thus far we have taken it for granted that businesses purchase everything they sell
  • While it is true that a lot of business purchase inventory and sell it at a profit
  • There are some businesses that manufacture products
  • These manufacturing businesses typically:
    • Acquire Raw materials
    • Process this raw materials […]
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Principles of Accounting: Goodwill and Partnership businesses

By |2025-02-12T09:35:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses

  • Now that we have explained the idea of goodwill
  • It is time we examine the concept of goodwill in relation with partnerships
  • As already explained accounting standards require that goodwill be recorded only when a business is bought or sold
  • Partnership business are special in […]
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Principles of Accounting: Statement of Financial Position for Companies

By |2025-02-12T09:45:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Limited Liability Companies: Statement of Financial Position

  • We have looked at the Income Statement for companies here
  • We will now look at the structure of the Statement of Financial Position
  • The Statement of Financial Position is almost identical to the one prepared for sole traders
  • In fact the Assets side […]
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Terms used in the Trading and Profit and Loss account

By |2025-02-12T09:17:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

Image credit clarkewillmot.com Image credit clarkewillmot.com ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Terms used in the Trading and Profit and Loss account

Gross profit

  • is the excess of sales over the cost of goods sold
  • If the amount of cost of goods sold is more than the amount of sales the result […]
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Discount Allowed and Discount Received entries

By |2025-02-12T09:06:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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  • Consider the following entries and enter them into the books of J Haudzwi

July 20×9
1 Started the business with $1000 Cash
3 Deposited $600 from the […]

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