Everything is just right beside me..and I'm glad & appreciate!
一切都在身边。。。欣慰也感激!
“。。这里,是一个让我熬着一碗很平凡的酸甜苦辣汤。。的锅。。我熬着,我脑袋对所经过、听闻和面对的一些思想、事情、人物及一切的汤料。是我的锅,煮着我的汤料,谁人喝得不快,那是因为它不是你那锅汤。。”
"Here is my melting pot of life. And it's just mine!"
Saturday, September 28, 2013
DO RE MI
DO RE MI Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with ABC When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi Do Re Mi Do Re Mi The first three notes just happen to be Do Re Mi Do Re Mi Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Let's see if I can make it easier Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do So Do So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Ti Do Re Do So Do La Ti Do Re Do Now let's put it all together So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Ti Do Re Do When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re Do Mi Mi Mi So So Re Fa Fa La Ti Ti Do Mi Mi Mi So So Re Fa Fa La Ti Ti When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Fa La So Fa Ti Re Ti Do So Do
Cleaning Tips
http://www.marthastewart.com/1016146/20-years-cleaning-tips?xsc=eml_organizing_2013_09_27
Removing Tarnish
A simple chemical reaction causes tarnish to disappear
naturally. Place sterling or plated silver in an aluminum pan -- it must
be aluminum. Sprinkle 1/2 to 1 cup baking soda over the silverware.
Keeping the pan in the sink to minimize splashing, pour enough boiling
water to cover the utensils. When the tarnish disappears, remove the
silverware and buff with a soft cotton cloth.
Cleaning Cast Iron
Here's the best way to clean cast iron: Scrub it with
coarse salt and a soft sponge. The salt, a natural abrasive, absorbs oil
and lifts away bits of food while preserving the pan's seasoning. Rinse
away salt and wipe dry. Learn how to season your pans here.
Cleaning Dirty Pots
Little, if any, scrubbing is needed to clean even the
dirtiest pots when you use baking soda -- and it is nonabrasive and
environmentally friendly. Fill pot with 1 to 2 inches of water and add
about 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Simmer 15 minutes, then scrape tough
spots on bottom with a wooden spoon as needed.
Remove Rust from Metal
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Rust-from-Metal
Use white vinegar
Try a lime and salt
Make a paste using baking soda
Use white vinegar
Try a lime and salt
Make a paste using baking soda
Monday, September 9, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Chart of Accounts
Sample Chart of Accounts for a Small Company
source: www.accountingcoach.comThis is a partial listing of another sample chart of accounts. Note that each account is assigned a three-digit number followed by the account name. The first digit of the number signifies if it is an asset, liability, etc. For example, if the first digit is a "1" it is an asset, if the first digit is a "3" it is a revenue account, etc. The company decided to include a column to indicate whether a debit or credit will increase the amount in the account. This sample chart of accounts also includes a column containing a description of each account in order to assist in the selection of the most appropriate account.
Asset Accounts
Increase |
|||
101 | Cash | Debit | Checking account balance (as shown in company records), currency, coins, checks received from customers but not yet deposited. |
120 | Accounts Receivable | Debit | Amounts owed to the company for services performed or products sold but not yet paid for. |
140 | Merchandise Inventory | Debit | Cost of merchandise purchased but has not yet been sold. |
150 | Supplies | Debit | Cost of supplies that have not yet been used. Supplies that have been used are recorded in Supplies Expense. |
160 | Prepaid Insurance | Debit | Cost of insurance that is paid in advance and includes a future accounting period. |
170 | Land | Debit | Cost to acquire and prepare land for use by the company. |
175 | Buildings | Debit | Cost to purchase or construct buildings for use by the company. |
178 | Accumulated Depreciation - Buildings |
Credit | Amount of the buildings' cost that has been allocated to Depreciation Expense since the time the building was acquired. |
180 | Equipment | Debit | Cost to acquire and prepare equipment for use by the company. |
188 | Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment |
Credit | Amount of equipment's cost that has been allocated to Depreciation Expense since the time the equipment was acquired. |
Liability Accounts
Increase |
|||
210 | Notes Payable | Credit | The amount of principal due on a formal written promise to pay. Loans from banks are included in this account. |
215 | Accounts Payable | Credit | Amount owed to suppliers who provided goods and services to the company but did not require immediate payment in cash. |
220 | Wages Payable | Credit | Amount owed to employees for hours worked but not yet paid. |
230 | Interest Payable | Credit | Amount owed for interest on Notes Payable up until the date of the balance sheet. This is computed by multiplying the amount of the note times the effective interest rate times the time period. |
240 | Unearned Revenues | Credit | Amounts received in advance of delivering goods or providing services. When the goods are delivered or services are provided, this liability amount decreases. |
250 | Mortgage Loan Payable | Credit | A formal loan that involves a lien on real estate until the loan is repaid. |
Owner's Equity Accounts
Increase |
|||
290 | Mary Smith, Capital | Credit | Amount the owner invested in the company (through cash or other assets) plus earnings of the company not withdrawn by the owner. |
295 | Mary Smith, Drawing | Debit | Amount that the owner of the sole proprietorship has withdrawn for personal use during the current accounting year. At the end of the year, the amount in this account will be transferred into Mary Smith, Capital (account 290). |
Operating Revenue Accounts
Increase |
|||
310 | Service Revenues | Credit | Amounts earned from providing services to clients, either for cash or on credit. When a service is provided on credit, both this account and Accounts Receivable will increase. When a service is provided for immediate cash, both this account and Cash will increase. |
Operating Expense Accounts
Increase |
|||
500 | Salaries Expense | Debit | Expenses incurred for the work performed by salaried employees during the accounting period. These employees normally receive a fixed amount on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. |
510 | Wages Expense | Debit | Expenses incurred for the work performed by non-salaried employees during the accounting period. These employees receive an hourly rate of pay. |
540 | Supplies Expense | Debit | Cost of supplies used up during the accounting period. |
560 | Rent Expense | Debit | Cost of occupying rented facilities during the accounting period. |
570 | Utilities Expense | Debit | Costs for electricity, heat, water, and sewer that were used during the accounting period. |
576 | Telephone Expense | Debit | Cost of telephone used during the current accounting period. |
610 | Advertising Expense | Debit | Costs incurred by the company during the accounting period for ads, promotions, and other selling and expenses (other than salaries). |
750 | Depreciation Expense | Debit | Cost of long-term assets allocated to expense during the current accounting period. |
Non-Operating Revenues and Expenses, Gains, and Losses
Increase |
|||
810 | Interest Revenues | Credit | Interest and dividends earned on bank accounts, investments or notes receivable. This account is increased when the interest is earned and either Cash or Interest Receivable is also increased. |
910 | Gain on Sale of Assets | Credit | Occurs when the company sells one of its assets (other than inventory) for more than the asset's book value. |
960 | Loss on Sale of Assets | Debit | Occurs when the company sells one of its assets (other than inventory) for less than the asset's book value. |
Accounting software frequently includes sample charts of accounts for various types of businesses. It is expected that a company will expand and/or modify these sample charts of accounts so that the specific needs of the company are met. Once a business is up and running and transactions are routinely being recorded, the company may add more accounts or delete accounts that are never used.
At Least Two Accounts for Every Transaction
When a transaction is entered into a company's accounting software, it is common for the software to prompt for only one account name—this is because the software is programmed to automatically assign one of the accounts. For example, when using accounting software to write a check, the software automatically reduces the asset account Cash and prompts you to designate the other account(s) such as Rent Expense, Advertising Expense, etc..
Some general rules about debiting and crediting the accounts are:
- Expense accounts are debited and have debit balances
- Revenue accounts are credited and have credit balances
- Asset accounts normally have debit balances
- To increase an asset account, debit the account
- To decrease an asset account, credit the account
- Liability accounts normally have credit balances
- To increase a liability account, credit the account
- To decrease a liability account, debit the account
To learn more about debits and credits, go to Explanation of Debits & Credits and Drills for Debits & Credits. To learn more about the role of bookkeepers and accountants, go to our Accounting Career Center.
Simple accounting info
Every transaction lead to (at least) two entries in
your accounts, a debit and a credit.
With the knowledge of what happens to the Cash account, the journal entry to record the debits and credits is easier. Let's assume that a company receives $500 on June 3, 2012 from a customer who was given 30 days in which to pay. (In May the company recorded the sale and an accounts receivable.) On June 3 the company will debit Cash, because cash was received. The amount of the debit and the credit is $500. Entering this information in the general journal format, we have:
All that remains to be entered is the name of the account to be credited. Since this was the collection of an account receivable, the credit should be Accounts Receivable. (Because the sale was already recorded in May, you cannot enter Sales again on June 3.)
On June 4 the company paid $300 to a supplier for merchandise the company received in May. (In May the company recorded the purchase and the accounts payable.) On June 4 the company will credit Cash, because cash was paid. The amount of the debit and credit is $300. Entering them in the general journal format, we have:
All that remains to be entered is the name of the account to be debited. Since this was the payment on an account payable, the debit should be Accounts Payable. (Because the purchase was already recorded in May, you cannot enter Purchases or Inventory again on June 4.)
memorize the following tip:
Revenues and gains are recorded in accounts such as Sales, Service Revenues, Interest Revenues (or Interest Income), and Gain on Sale of Assets. These accounts normally have credit balances that are increased with a credit entry.
The exceptions to this rule are the accounts Sales Returns, Sales Allowances, and Sales Discounts--these accounts have debit balances because they are reductions to sales. Accounts with balances that are the opposite of the normal balance are called contra accounts; hence contra revenue accounts will have debit balances.
Let's illustrate revenue accounts by assuming your company performed a service and was immediately paid the full amount of $50 for the service. The debits and credits are presented in the following general journal format:
Whenever cash is received, the asset account Cash is debited and another account will need to be credited. Since the service was performed at the same time as the cash was received, the revenue account Service Revenues is credited, thus increasing its account balance.
Let's illustrate how revenues are recorded when a company performs a service on credit (i.e., the company allows the client to pay for the service at a later date, such as 30 days from the date of the invoice). At the time the service is performed the revenues are considered to have been earned and they are recorded in the revenue account Service Revenues with a credit. The other account involved, however, cannot be the asset Cash since cash was not received. The account to be debited is the asset account Accounts Receivable. Assuming the amount of the service performed is $400, the entry in general journal form is:
Accounts Receivable is an asset account and is increased with a debit; Service Revenues is increased with a credit.
Expenses normally have their account balances on the debit side (left side). A debit increases the balance in an expense account; a credit decreases the balance. Since expenses are usually increasing, think "debit" when expenses are incurred. (We credit expenses only to reduce them, adjust them, or to close the expense accounts.) Examples of expense accounts include Salaries Expense, Wages Expense, Rent Expense, Supplies Expense, and Interest Expense.
To illustrate an expense let's assume that on June 1 your company paid $800 to the landlord for the June rent. The debits and credits are shown in the following journal entry:
Since cash was paid out, the asset account Cash is credited and another account needs to be debited. Because the rent payment will be used up in the current period (the month of June) it is considered to be an expense, and Rent Expense is debited. If the payment was made on June 1 for a future month (for example, July) the debit would go to the asset account Prepaid Rent.
As a second example of an expense, let's assume that your hourly paid employees work the last week in the year but will not be paid until the first week of the next year. At the end of the year, the company makes an entry to record the amount the employees earned but have not been paid. Assuming the employees earned $1,900 during the last week of the year, the entry in general journal form is:
As noted above, expenses are almost always debited, so we debit Wages Expense, increasing its account balance. Since your company did not yet pay its employees, the Cash account is not credited, instead, the credit is recorded in the liability account Wages Payable. A credit to a liability account increases its credit balance.
memorize the following tip:
To increase an expense account, debit the account
If you are new to the study of debits and credits in accounting, this may seem puzzling. After all, you learned that debiting the Cash account in the general ledger increases its balance, yet your bank says it is crediting your checking account to increase its balance. Similarly, you learned that crediting the Cash account in the general ledger reduces its balance, yet your bank says it is debiting your checking account to reduce its balance.
Although the above may seem contradictory, we will illustrate below that a bank's treatment of debits and credits is indeed consistent with the basic accounting principles you learned. Let's look at three transactions and consider the resultant journal entries from both the bank's perspective and the company's perspective.
Transaction #1
Let's say that your company, Debris Disposal, receives $100 of currency from a customer as a down payment for a future site cleanup service. When the money is received your company makes the following entry:
(Debris Disposal's journal entry)
Because it has received cash, Debris Disposal increases its Cash account with a debit of $100. The rules of double entry accounting require Debris Disposal to also enter a credit of $100 into another of its general ledger accounts. Since the company has not yet earned the $100, it cannot credit a revenue account. Instead, the liability account Unearned Revenues is credited because Debris Disposal has a liability to do the work or to return the $100. (An alternate title for the Unearned Revenues account is Customer Deposits.)
Now let's say you take that $100 to Trustworthy Bank and deposit it into Debris Disposal's checking account. Trustworthy Bank debits the bank's general ledger Cash account for $100, thereby increasing the bank's assets. The rules of double entry accounting require the bank to also enter a credit of $100 into another of bank's general ledger accounts. Because the bank has not earned the $100, it cannot credit a revenue account. Instead, the bank credits its liability account Deposits to reflect the bank's obligation/liability to return the $100 to Debris Disposal on demand. In general journal format the bank's entry is:
(Trustworthy Bank's journal entry)
As the entry shows, the bank's assets increase by the debit of $100 and the bank's liabilities increase by the credit of $100. The bank's detailed records show that Debris Disposal's checking account is the specific liability that increased.
Transaction #2
Let's say Trustworthy Bank receives a $1,000 wire transfer on your company's behalf from a person who owes money to Debris Disposal. Two things happen at the bank: (1) The bank receives $1,000, and (2) the bank records its obligation to give the money to Debris Disposal on demand. These two facts are entered into the bank's general ledger as follows:
(Trustworthy Bank's journal entry)
The debit increases the bank's assets by $1,000 and the credit increases the bank's liabilities by $1,000. The bank's detailed records show that Debris Disposal's checking account is the specific liability that increased.
At the same time the $1,000 wire transfer is received at the bank, Debris Disposal makes the following entry into its general ledger:
(Debris Disposal's journal entry)
As a result of collecting $1,000 from one of its customers, Debris Disposal's Cash balance increases and its Accounts Receivable balance decreases.
Transaction #3
Many banks charge a monthly fee on checking accounts. If Trustworthy Bank decreases Debris Disposal's checking account balance by $13.00 to pay for the bank's monthly service charge, this might be itemized on Debris Disposal's bank statement as a "debit memo." The entry in the bank's records will show the bank's liability being reduced (because the bank owes Debris Disposal $13 less). It also shows that the bank earned revenues of $13 by servicing the checking account.
(Trustworthy Bank's general ledger)
On your company's records, the entry will look like this:
(Debris Disposal's general ledger)
Debris Disposal's cash is reduced with a credit of $13 and expenses are increased with a debit of $13. (If the amount of the bank's service charges is not significant a company may debit the charge to Miscellaneous Expense.)
highlights from this major topic:
Easy way to understand where to put your debits and credits
- A Debit to the balance sheet is good (increasing an asset or reducing a liability)
- A Debit to the profit and loss is bad (increasing an expense or reducing income)
- A Credit to the balance sheet is bad (reducing an asset or increasing a liability)
- A Credit to the profit and loss is good (increasing income or reducing an expense)
T-accounts
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
- On June 1, 2012 a company borrows $5,000 from its bank. This causes the company's asset Cash to increase by $5,000 and its liability Notes Payable to also increase by $5,000. To increase the asset Cash the account needs to be debited. To increase the company's liability Notes Payable this account needs to be credited. After entering the debits and credits the T-accounts look like this:
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
June 1, 2012 ENTRY | 5,000 | |||||
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
5,000 | ENTRY June 1, 2012 | |||||
- On June 2, 2012 the company repaid $2,000 of the bank loan. This causes the company's asset Cash to decrease by $2,000 and its liability Notes Payable to also decrease by $2,000. To reduce the asset Cash the account will need to be credited for $2,000. To decrease the liability Notes Payable that account will need to be debited. The T-accounts now look like this:
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
June 1, 2012 ENTRY | 5,000 | |||||
2,000 | ENTRY June 2, 2012 | |||||
June 2, 2012 BALANCE | 3,000 | |||||
|
Debit
|
Credit
| |||||
5,000 | ENTRY June 1, 2012 | |||||
June 2, 2012 ENTRY | 2,000 | |||||
3,000 | BALANCE June 2, 2012 | |||||
Journal Entries
Another way to visualize business transactions is to write a general journal entry. Each general journal entry lists the date, the account title(s) to be debited and the corresponding amount(s) followed by the account title(s) to be credited and the corresponding amount(s). The accounts to be credited are indented. Let's illustrate the general journal entries for the two transactions that were shown in the T-accounts above.Date | Account Name | Debit | Credit | |
June 1, 2012 | Cash | 5,000 | ||
Notes Payable | 5,000 |
Date | Account Name | Debit | Credit | |
June 2, 2012 | Notes Payable | 2,000 | ||
Cash | 2,000 |
Debited and Credited of Cash
it is helpful to memorize the following:- Whenever cash is received, debit Cash.
- Whenever cash is paid out, credit Cash.
With the knowledge of what happens to the Cash account, the journal entry to record the debits and credits is easier. Let's assume that a company receives $500 on June 3, 2012 from a customer who was given 30 days in which to pay. (In May the company recorded the sale and an accounts receivable.) On June 3 the company will debit Cash, because cash was received. The amount of the debit and the credit is $500. Entering this information in the general journal format, we have:
Date | Account Name | Debit | Credit | |
June 3, 2012 | Cash | 500 | ||
??? | 500 |
All that remains to be entered is the name of the account to be credited. Since this was the collection of an account receivable, the credit should be Accounts Receivable. (Because the sale was already recorded in May, you cannot enter Sales again on June 3.)
On June 4 the company paid $300 to a supplier for merchandise the company received in May. (In May the company recorded the purchase and the accounts payable.) On June 4 the company will credit Cash, because cash was paid. The amount of the debit and credit is $300. Entering them in the general journal format, we have:
Date | Account Name | Debit | Credit | |
June 4, 2012 | ??? | 300 | ||
Cash | 300 |
All that remains to be entered is the name of the account to be debited. Since this was the payment on an account payable, the debit should be Accounts Payable. (Because the purchase was already recorded in May, you cannot enter Purchases or Inventory again on June 4.)
memorize the following tip:
Whenever cash is received, the Cash account is debited (and another account is credited).
Whenever cash is paid out, the Cash account is credited (and another account is debited).
Whenever cash is paid out, the Cash account is credited (and another account is debited).
Normal Balances
When looking at a T-account for each of the account classifications in the general ledger, here is the debit or credit balance you would normally find in the account:Balance | |
Assets | |
Contra asset | |
Liability | |
Contra liability | |
Owner's Equity | |
Stockholders' Equity | |
Owner's Drawing or Dividends Account | |
Revenues (or Income) | |
Expenses | |
Gains | |
Losses |
Revenues and Gains Are Usually Credited
Revenues and gains are recorded in accounts such as Sales, Service Revenues, Interest Revenues (or Interest Income), and Gain on Sale of Assets. These accounts normally have credit balances that are increased with a credit entry.
The exceptions to this rule are the accounts Sales Returns, Sales Allowances, and Sales Discounts--these accounts have debit balances because they are reductions to sales. Accounts with balances that are the opposite of the normal balance are called contra accounts; hence contra revenue accounts will have debit balances.
Let's illustrate revenue accounts by assuming your company performed a service and was immediately paid the full amount of $50 for the service. The debits and credits are presented in the following general journal format:
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Cash | 50 | |||
Service Revenues | 50 |
Whenever cash is received, the asset account Cash is debited and another account will need to be credited. Since the service was performed at the same time as the cash was received, the revenue account Service Revenues is credited, thus increasing its account balance.
Let's illustrate how revenues are recorded when a company performs a service on credit (i.e., the company allows the client to pay for the service at a later date, such as 30 days from the date of the invoice). At the time the service is performed the revenues are considered to have been earned and they are recorded in the revenue account Service Revenues with a credit. The other account involved, however, cannot be the asset Cash since cash was not received. The account to be debited is the asset account Accounts Receivable. Assuming the amount of the service performed is $400, the entry in general journal form is:
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Accounts Receivable | 400 | |||
Service Revenues | 400 |
Accounts Receivable is an asset account and is increased with a debit; Service Revenues is increased with a credit.
Expenses and Losses are Usually Debited
Expenses normally have their account balances on the debit side (left side). A debit increases the balance in an expense account; a credit decreases the balance. Since expenses are usually increasing, think "debit" when expenses are incurred. (We credit expenses only to reduce them, adjust them, or to close the expense accounts.) Examples of expense accounts include Salaries Expense, Wages Expense, Rent Expense, Supplies Expense, and Interest Expense.
To illustrate an expense let's assume that on June 1 your company paid $800 to the landlord for the June rent. The debits and credits are shown in the following journal entry:
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Rent Expense | 800 | |||
Cash | 800 |
Since cash was paid out, the asset account Cash is credited and another account needs to be debited. Because the rent payment will be used up in the current period (the month of June) it is considered to be an expense, and Rent Expense is debited. If the payment was made on June 1 for a future month (for example, July) the debit would go to the asset account Prepaid Rent.
As a second example of an expense, let's assume that your hourly paid employees work the last week in the year but will not be paid until the first week of the next year. At the end of the year, the company makes an entry to record the amount the employees earned but have not been paid. Assuming the employees earned $1,900 during the last week of the year, the entry in general journal form is:
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Wages Expense | 1,900 | |||
Wages Payable | 1,900 |
As noted above, expenses are almost always debited, so we debit Wages Expense, increasing its account balance. Since your company did not yet pay its employees, the Cash account is not credited, instead, the credit is recorded in the liability account Wages Payable. A credit to a liability account increases its credit balance.
memorize the following tip:
To increase an expense account, debit the account
Bank's Debits and Credits
When you hear your banker say, "I'll credit your checking account," it means the transaction will increase your checking account balance. Conversely, if your bank debits your account (e.g., takes a monthly service charge from your account) your checking account balance decreases.If you are new to the study of debits and credits in accounting, this may seem puzzling. After all, you learned that debiting the Cash account in the general ledger increases its balance, yet your bank says it is crediting your checking account to increase its balance. Similarly, you learned that crediting the Cash account in the general ledger reduces its balance, yet your bank says it is debiting your checking account to reduce its balance.
Although the above may seem contradictory, we will illustrate below that a bank's treatment of debits and credits is indeed consistent with the basic accounting principles you learned. Let's look at three transactions and consider the resultant journal entries from both the bank's perspective and the company's perspective.
Transaction #1
Let's say that your company, Debris Disposal, receives $100 of currency from a customer as a down payment for a future site cleanup service. When the money is received your company makes the following entry:
(Debris Disposal's journal entry)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Cash | 100 | |||
Unearned Revenues | 100 |
Because it has received cash, Debris Disposal increases its Cash account with a debit of $100. The rules of double entry accounting require Debris Disposal to also enter a credit of $100 into another of its general ledger accounts. Since the company has not yet earned the $100, it cannot credit a revenue account. Instead, the liability account Unearned Revenues is credited because Debris Disposal has a liability to do the work or to return the $100. (An alternate title for the Unearned Revenues account is Customer Deposits.)
Now let's say you take that $100 to Trustworthy Bank and deposit it into Debris Disposal's checking account. Trustworthy Bank debits the bank's general ledger Cash account for $100, thereby increasing the bank's assets. The rules of double entry accounting require the bank to also enter a credit of $100 into another of bank's general ledger accounts. Because the bank has not earned the $100, it cannot credit a revenue account. Instead, the bank credits its liability account Deposits to reflect the bank's obligation/liability to return the $100 to Debris Disposal on demand. In general journal format the bank's entry is:
(Trustworthy Bank's journal entry)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Cash | 100 | |||
Deposits (your statement) | 100 |
As the entry shows, the bank's assets increase by the debit of $100 and the bank's liabilities increase by the credit of $100. The bank's detailed records show that Debris Disposal's checking account is the specific liability that increased.
Transaction #2
Let's say Trustworthy Bank receives a $1,000 wire transfer on your company's behalf from a person who owes money to Debris Disposal. Two things happen at the bank: (1) The bank receives $1,000, and (2) the bank records its obligation to give the money to Debris Disposal on demand. These two facts are entered into the bank's general ledger as follows:
(Trustworthy Bank's journal entry)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Cash | 1,000 | |||
Deposits (your statement) | 1,000 |
The debit increases the bank's assets by $1,000 and the credit increases the bank's liabilities by $1,000. The bank's detailed records show that Debris Disposal's checking account is the specific liability that increased.
At the same time the $1,000 wire transfer is received at the bank, Debris Disposal makes the following entry into its general ledger:
(Debris Disposal's journal entry)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Cash | 1,000 | |||
Accounts Receivable | 1,000 |
As a result of collecting $1,000 from one of its customers, Debris Disposal's Cash balance increases and its Accounts Receivable balance decreases.
Transaction #3
Many banks charge a monthly fee on checking accounts. If Trustworthy Bank decreases Debris Disposal's checking account balance by $13.00 to pay for the bank's monthly service charge, this might be itemized on Debris Disposal's bank statement as a "debit memo." The entry in the bank's records will show the bank's liability being reduced (because the bank owes Debris Disposal $13 less). It also shows that the bank earned revenues of $13 by servicing the checking account.
(Trustworthy Bank's general ledger)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Deposits (your statement) | 13 | |||
Service Charge Revenues | 13 |
On your company's records, the entry will look like this:
(Debris Disposal's general ledger)
Account Name | Debit | Credit | ||
Bank Service Charges Expense | 13 | |||
Cash | 13 |
Debris Disposal's cash is reduced with a credit of $13 and expenses are increased with a debit of $13. (If the amount of the bank's service charges is not significant a company may debit the charge to Miscellaneous Expense.)
Bank's Balance Sheet
Accounts such as Cash, Investment Securities, and Loans Receivable are reported as assets on the bank's balance sheet. Deposits are reported as liabilities and include the balances in its customers' checking and savings accounts as well as certificates of deposit. In effect, your bank statement is just one of thousands of subsidiary records that account for millions of dollars in Deposits that a bank owes to its customers.highlights from this major topic:
- Debit means left.
- Credit means right.
- Every transaction affects two accounts or more.
- At least one account will be debited and at least one account will be credited.
- The total of the amount(s) entered as debits must equal the total of the amount(s) entered as credits.
- When cash is received, debit Cash.
- When cash is paid out, credit Cash.
- To increase an asset, debit the asset account.
- To increase a liability, credit the liability account.
- To increase owner's equity, credit an owner's equity account.
- To increase revenues, credit the revenues account
- To increase expenses, debit the expense account
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Way to insert symbol
1. Open Word or Excel
2. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Symbol.
3. Click the Symbols tab.
4. In the Font box, click the font that you want to use. The set of symbols that is available in the list may depend on the font that you choose.
5. Click insert to the document, if to some other document, copy and paste then
2. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Symbol.
3. Click the Symbols tab.
4. In the Font box, click the font that you want to use. The set of symbols that is available in the list may depend on the font that you choose.
5. Click insert to the document, if to some other document, copy and paste then
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Life Is a process.
To love,is to accept. Acceptance is a form of love.
生活;就是将生与死,连接的一条线
Between live and death, there is a line connecting them both, which is call Life
思想决定行动,行动决定习惯,习惯决定品德,品德决定命运。
sow a thought, reap an action;sow an action, reap a habit;sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
相信,就会还有。
不相信, 就连有得都变没有。.
希望。。在人间!
"事情是这样,就不会是别样“。。
很多事情,因为某些障碍,我表达和反应不来,但我真得很用心去想和做。。。
Thanks for visiting!