Advanced Bookkeeping Flashcards
Name the steps for disposal of a fixed asset.
- Transfer the cost
- Remove the accumulated depreciation
- Post the sales proceeds
What is the double entry for ‘transferring the cost’ in disposal of a fixed asset?
Dr Disposal Account
Cr Non-current Asset Account
What is the double entry for ‘remove the accumulated depreciation’ in disposal of a fixed asset?
Dr Accumulated Depreciation Account
Cr Disposal Account
What is the double entry for ‘post the sales proceeds’ in disposal of a fixed asset?
Dr Cash
Cr Disposals Account
Name the steps for Part Exchange allowance.
- Transfer the cost
- Remove the accumulated depreciation
- Sell the old asset
- Post any additional cash paid
What is the double entry for ‘transferring the cost’ in a part exchange allowance?
Dr Disposal Account
Cr Non-current Asset Account
What is the double entry for ‘remove the accumulated depreciation’ in a part exchange allowance?
Dr Accumulated Depreciation
Cr Disposal Account
What is the double entry for ‘selling the old asset’ in a part exchange allowance?
Dr Non-current Asset Account
Cr Disposal account
What is the double entry for ‘post any additional cash paid’ in a part exchange allowance?
Dr Non-current Asset Account
Cr Cash
What is the equation for cost of sales?
Opening Inventory
+ Purchases
- Closing Inventory
== Cost Of Sales
How do you increase the size of the general allowance?
Dr Doubtful Debts Expense
Cr Allowance for Doubtful Debts
How do you decrease the size of the general allowance?
Dr Allowance for Doubtful Debts
Cr Doubtful Debts Expense
How do you account for specific allowance gone bad?
Dr Allowance for Doubtful Debts
Cr Receivables / SLCA
How to you account for a recovery of specific allowance?
- Dr Cash
Cr Receivables - Dr Allowance for Doubtful Debts
Cr Bad and Doubtful Debts Expense
What steps do you take for eliminating/correcting a suspense account?
- What did they post?
- What should they have posted?
- What entry is required to fix the error?
What steps are required for a general allowance?
- Write off any bad debts
- Make any specific allowances
- Calculate any general allowances
What is an accrual?
An expense incurred by the business during the accounting period but no invoice has been received and it has not been paid yet.
What is a prepayment?
A payment for an item of expense before we have used it.
What is the double entry for accruals?
Dr Expense Account
Cr Accrual Account
What is the double entry for a prepayment?
Dr Prepayment Account
Cr Expense Account
How to account for an accrual for subsequent years.
- Reverse out last years accrual
- Post any cash paid this year
- Post any closing accruals
How to account for prepayments in subsequent years.
- Reverse out last years prepayment
- Post any cash paid this year
- Post any closing prepayments
What is an accrual? (IEAL)
LIABILITY
This means the balance b/d will be a credit
What is a prepayment? (IEAL)
ASSET
This means the balance b/d will be a debit