Financial & Managerial Accounting: Information for Decisions w Access Card, 5th edition, ACC 211 & 212, Northern Virginia Community College
Financial & Managerial Accounting: Information for Decisions w Access Card, 5th edition, ACC 211 & 212, Northern Virginia Community College
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259347641
Author: Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta John J. Wild
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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To determine

Petty Cash System:

Petty cash system is a system which is used for making payments for small day to day expenses. It facilitates ease to deal with small cash disbursements.

Journal Entries:

It is a book of original entry. It records and summarizes financial transaction of an entity in chronological manner, generally according to dual aspect of accounting.

Accounting rules regarding journal entries:

  • Balance increase when: Assets, losses and expenses get debited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get credited.
  • Balance decrease when: Assets, losses and expenses get credited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get debited.

To prepare: Journal entries and affect of transactions on company’s income statement.

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