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Goods for resale: Stock, Purchases, Sales, Carriages and Returns

Goods for resale: Stock, Purchases, Sales, Carriages and Returns

Goods for resale are the products that a business either produces or buys in bulk to sell for the purpose of making a profit. The cost of producing or buying these goods must be cheaper than the selling price that a business sets in order to make a profit. Even …

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Debit and Credit: Simple view of in and out

Debit and Credit sides of T accounts

Accounts are shaped like a T that has a left side called Debit or Dr and a right side called Credit or Cr. Debit means to have, increase, go up or come in and Credit means don’t have, decrease, go down or go out. A simple way to look at …

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Increase and decrease of ALICE accounts

Increase and decrease of ALICE accounts

In the financial records of a business, the liabilities, income and capital accounts are responsible for the business having assets and expenses to function. ALICE accounts fluctuate consistently throughout an accounting period and it is necessary to know what it means for them to have an increase and decrease in …

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ALICE: Assets, Liabilities, Income, Capital, Expenses

ALICE: Assets, Liabilities, Income, Capital, Expenses

Studying principles of accounts can be very easy once you learn which items are Assets, Liabilities, Capital, Income and Expenses. The accounts that fall under these 5 headings are used throughout your POA course. You can even associate the ALICE accounts with action words, you OWN assets, OWE liabilities, EARN …

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Assets: Owned fixed and liquid items with a debit balance

Assets: Owned items with a debit balance

Assets are the items owned by a business. They are non-current also known as fixed or they are current also known as liquid. Non-current or fixed assets are those tangible or non-tangible items that have long life in the business. They are classed as permanent when compared to the current …

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