January 2023

Principles of Accounting: Statement of Affairs

By |2022-09-15T12:32:59+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

  • As already covered in the introduction to single entry and incomplete records
  • One of the first required steps in order to prepare financial statements
  • Is to prepare a Statement of Affairs
  • A Statement of Affairs is a summary of an entity’s asset and liabilities

    • […]

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Principles of Accounting: The format of Manufacturing Accounts

By |2022-09-15T12:32:53+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: The structure of Manufacturing Accounts

  • In the other post we introduced you to manufacturing accounts
  • In this post we will look at typical formats of manufacturing accounts
  • This is not to say there are different formats, no
  • We are merely going to present a simple manufacturing account
  • Followed by one that incorporates […]
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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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Principles of Accounting: Statement of Affairs Example

By |2022-09-15T12:32:59+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

  • We have explained what a Statement of Affairs is
  • Now we will look at an example of how to prepare a Statement of Affairs

Question

W Soja started his business on 1 April 20X2 with $35,000 in a bank account. Unfortunately
he did not keep proper books […]

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Principles of Accounting: Solution to Manufacturing Accounts Example

By |2022-09-15T12:32:53+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Example question Manufacturing Accounts

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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: William Sachikonye Statement of Financial Position

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

William Sachikonye Statement of Financial […]

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Principles of Accounting: Missing figures

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: Missing figures

  • As already pointed out creating financial statements using single entry or incomplete records requires filling in the gaps
  • This is because naturally there will be some missing figures/amounts
  • These amounts have to be ascertained
  • We have already looked at how a Statement of Affairs can […]
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Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Accounting for Partnerships

By |2022-09-15T12:32:52+02:00January 24th, 2023|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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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Accounting for non profit organisations

By |2022-09-15T12:31:57+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 non profit organisations

  • While it is true that the majority of entities exist primarily to make a profit
  • There are still a large number of organisations which are not for profit
  • While profit is the overriding aim in for profit business
  • Non profit organisations are driven by other goals […]
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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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