Accounting is called the language of business, in which different jargons are used for each concept. Depreciation is one of them and it is the most important concept used in accounting, finance and economics. Depreciation is the process, in which the value of fixed assets except Land diminishes over the period of time due to [...]
The accounting method used by most of the companies is double entry bookkeeping. To explore the benefits of double entry system it is important to understand the single entry bookkeeping. The single entry bookkeeping is similar like a checkbook register which have only single column each transaction. Single entry bookkeeping record positive and negative amount [...]
Debits and credits are the accounting terminologies which are used to describe the increase or decrease in the financial components. Any movement in these components can be specified by using the term debits and credits. In T-accounts, left column represents debits while right column represents credits.
Rules of Debits and Credits
There are five components of financial [...]
Accounting cycle is a sequence of accounting procedures which are used to record, classify and summarize accounting information. The accounting cycle begins with the initial recording of business transactions and concludes with the preparation of formal financial statements summarizing the effect of these transactions upon the assets, liabilities and owner’s equity of the business.
The term [...]