February 2025

Principles of Accounting: The Purchases Ledger

By |2025-02-12T09:30:30+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: The Purchases Ledger

  • A purchase is when good(s) are bought with intention of selling them later,
  • usually these goods will be sold at a profit
  • Items bought with the intention of using them in the business are known as assets
  • We have already looked at how to make entries in the Purchases […]
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Principles of Accounting: Money measurement concept and Historical cost concept

By |2025-02-12T09:23:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes:Money measurement concept and Historical cost concept

  • At the heart of the accounting discipline are two important concepts:
  • The Money measurement concept and
  • The Historical cost concept

The Money measurement concept

  • It is also known as the measurability concept
  • The concept dictates that only transactions and events that are capable of being measured in […]
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Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Bad Debts

By |2025-02-12T09:07:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Introduction to Bad Debts

  • To understand the concept of Provision for Doubtful debts first we must look at Bad Debts
  • As outlined during the discussion of the matching/accruals concept
  • Most businesses conduct business on credit in addition to cash sales
  • Typically with cash sales payment is received when the goods […]
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Principles of Accounting: Statement of Affairs Example

By |2025-02-12T09:42:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|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 |2025-02-12T09:01:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Example question Manufacturing Accounts

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Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: Example entries when a new partner is admitted

By |2025-02-12T09:00:25+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Statements of Changes in Equity

By |2025-02-12T09:22:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|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: Partnership Dissolution Example

By |2025-02-12T09:26:44+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Partnership Dissolution Example

  • We have looked at reasons why a partnership might dissolve here
  • Now we will look at an example question
  • The solution to this question can be found by clicking here

Question

Nkosi,Xo and Zack have been in partnership for several years, sharing profits and losses in […]

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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Causes of Depreciation

By |2025-02-12T09:31:10+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Introduction to depreciation

  • We have already explained that depreciation is the wasting away of fixed assets
  • We have also explained that it is treated as an expense in the Income Statement where it should appear at least once a year
  • Now we will look at the causes of depreciation
  • It is […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Introduction to Accounting for Partnerships

By |2025-02-12T09:35:01+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: 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 […]
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