What is a Bill book in accounting?
A book in which an account of bills of exchange and promissory notes, whether payable or receivable, is stated is known as bill book. There are two types of billbooks in accounting: A bill payable book is an accounting ledger that records and tracks a company’s outstanding bills and payment obligations. It helps businesses manage…
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Distinction between Capital Receipt and Revenue Receipts
There are two different types of receipts that a business or a government generates during its financial activities. They are called capital receipts and revenue receipts. Capital receipts are funds that a company, organization, or government receives from non-operational sources, such as the sale of assets, borrowing, or equity investments. They are typically non-recurring transactions…
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What are various methods of depreciation, advantages, disadvantages and revaluation of assets?
(This article explains various methods of Depreciation such as the Straight Line Method, Diminishing Balance or Written Down Value (WDV), Unit of production method, MACRS method, group depreciation method, etc. Advantages and Disadvantages of Straight Line Method, Advantages and Disadvantages of Written Down Value Method, Units of Production Method, Sum of the Years’ Digits Method,…
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Meaning, causes, factors, and need of depreciation and revaluation of assets explained
This article explains the meaning of Depreciation, Causes of Depreciation, Need for Depreciation, Factors of Depreciation, and revaluation of assets by Accounting Entries Depreciation is an accounting method that determines the monetary value of an asset over its useful life due to use, wear and tear, obsolescence, and Legal or other limits on its use.…
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Rectification of Errors when Books are Closed, Adjusting and Closing Entries
Before closing the ledger accounts, if the error is found you can rectify it without opening a suspense account. However, after closing the accounts, if the error is found you can record an accounting entry in the General Journal and post it to the relevant ledgers. If the amounts are significant, you can disclose the…
Trial Balance: Classification of Errors, Location of Errors, and Rectification of Errors
The errors in accounting take place due to wrong posting of transactions, wrong totaling or wrong balancing of the accounts, wrong casting of the subsidiary books, or wrong recording of amount in the books of original entry. All such errors in accounting can be classified into the following four categories: The error of commission: An…
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