0
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Ezra
Rafa
LaoAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is balancing of account?
Balancing an account is when you add up assets, liabilities, and owner equity and put them into the equation... Assets = Liabilities + Owner Equity (often called Stockholder's Equity). The reason for doing this is to spot and correct errors. If this equation has equal numbers on both sides, the account is balanced and the accounts are most likely correct (you can still have a mistake with balanced accounts). If it is not equal on both sides, there has has been a mistake and the transactions need to be looked at more thoroughly.
Difference bitwen trail balance and profi and loss account?
Trial balance is the statement which shows the different items in the debit side and creditside of its format and in the end (generally) amounts both the sides would be same. it is prepared to know the mathematical accuracy. its format contains: Particulars-debit-creidit. Profit and loss account is an account which is prepared to find out the netprofit(or netloss) and its usually prepared after the trading account. Format of P&L account is Particulars-debit-particulars-credit
What is the meaning of the 2 sides of a T-Account?
One side is for Debits (left side) and the other is for Credits (right side).
In the buyers records the purchase of merchandise on account would it increase or decrease assets expenses liabilities?
Anything bought on account will have an impact on two sides of the accounting equation. Since we "purchased" the merchandise we are receiving, therefore we will Increase our assets (merchandise), since we purchased this item on "account" we will also increase our liabilities (account payable).
Define wages control account?
Wages control account is an account used in a management or cost accounting system, to record both direct and indirect labour cost. Using the traditional T accounts, it obviously has two sides; debit and credit. Direct labour cost are creditted to the wages control account and has its corresponding entry in the work in progress control account(debitted). Indirect labour cost will also be creditted in the wages control account and the corresponding entry in the production overhead control account.
