Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781118162286
Author: Kimmel, Paul D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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(a)

To determine

Journal

Journal is the method of recording monetary business transactions in chronological order. It records the debit and credit aspects of each transaction to abide by the double-entry system.

Rules of Debit and Credit

Following rules are followed for debiting and crediting different accounts while they occur in business transactions:

  • Debit, all increase in assets, expenses and dividends, all decrease in liabilities, revenues and stockholders’ equities.
  • Credit, all increase in liabilities, revenues, and stockholders’ equities, all decrease in assets, expenses.

T-account

T-account refers to an individual account, where the increases or decreases in the value of specific asset, liability, stockholder’s equity, revenue and expenditure items are recorded.

This account is referred to as the T-account, because the alignment of the components of the account resembles the capital letter ‘T’.’ An account consists of the three main components which are as follows:

  1. (a) The title of the account
  2. (b) The left or debit side
  3. (c) The right or credit side

Trial balance

Trial balance is the list of accounts, and their debit and credit balances at a given time.  It is usually prepared at end of the accounting period.  Debit balances are listed in left   column and credit balances are listed in right column.  The totals of debit and credit column should be equal.  Trial balance is useful in the preparation of the financial statements.

(a)

To prepare: The T-accounts to enter the opening balances of S Company as on September 30, 2014.

(b)

To determine

To journalize: the transaction as given.

(c)

To determine

To post:  the transaction to ledger accounts of S Company on October 31, 2017.

(d)

To determine

To prepare:  a trial balance as on October 31, 2014.

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Chapter 3 Solutions

Financial Accounting

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