T accounts - Assets, Liabilities, O/E, Revenue, Expenses Flashcards
Ledger
Accounts Grouped together.
Chart Of Accounts
A list of all the accounts and their assigned account numbers.
Numbering The Accounts
Assets Begins with 1 Liabilities 2 Owner's Equity 3 Revenue Accounts 4 Expense Accounts 5
Double-Entry Accounting
A system of record keeping in which each business transaction affects at least two accounts.
T-Accounts
An efficient way to apply double-entry accounting.
Debit
Is the amount entered on the left side of the T-account.
Credit
Is the amount entered on the right side of the T-account.
Normal Balance
Is always on the side that will increase the account.
Rules for Asset Accounts
An asset account is increased (+) on the Debit side (Left side) and decreased on Credit Side (right side)
Asset Balance is on what side
Debit Side
Rules for Liabilities and Owner’s Capital
Liabilities and Owner’s Capital accounts are Increased (+) on the credit side (right side) and decreased on the debit side (left side)
The normal balance side of liabilities is
Credit Side
The normal balance side for Owner, Capital is
Credit Side
Temporary Capital Accounts
Revenue,Expense,and Withdrawals accounts used to collect information for a single accounting period.
Ex: Utilities Expense
Permanent Accounts
Continuous from one accounting period to the next.
Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s Capital