This document provides a refreshers guide to bookkeeping concepts. It discusses books of first entry like general journals, control accounts, and day books. It explains key bookkeeping principles such as the EARL rule for identifying debit and credit entries, and how to determine the debit or credit side of control accounts and ledger accounts based on whether a transaction increases or decreases the related balance. The document also provides examples and worksheets to practice applying these concepts.
2. “We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!”
(excerpt from We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen
Oxenbury)
3. 4 out of 20 SQs on average are
Books of First Entry
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2012
2011
2010
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
(Creditors)
(Creditors )
(Debtors)
(Creditors)
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Purchases)
(Sales)
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
(Purchases)
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Sales Returns)
Patterns – on average 4 SQs
11. Revenue is income that a
business earns usually from
SALES
It also includes other income
items like rent
received, commission
received etc.
Revenue?
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2012
2011
2010
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
(Creditors)
(Creditors )
(Debtors)
(Creditors)
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Purchases)
(Sales)
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
(Purchases)
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Sales Returns)
General Journals
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2012
2011
2010
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
(Creditors)
(Creditors )
(Debtors)
(Creditors)
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Purchases)
(Sales)
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
(Purchases)
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Sales Returns)
Control Accounts
35.
Once you have identified what the
opening balance is you can complete the
control account by asking:
Will this item INCREASE or DECREASE
the amount owed…?
36.
If the item INCREASES THE AMOUNT
OWED place it on the same side as the
balance
If the item DECREASES THE AMOUNT
OWED place it on the opposite side
42. 1.05.11 Balance
31.05.11 Credit Sales
4900
5900
Cash Received DECREASE the amount owed
– so put it on opposite side of the balance
43. 1.05.11 Balance
31.05.11 Credit Sales
4900
31.5.11 Cash Received
6100
5900
Cash Received DECREASE the amount owed
– so put it on opposite side of the balance
44. 1.05.11 Balance
31.05.11 Credit Sales
4900
5900
10800
1.06.11 Balance
31.5.11 Cash Received
6100
31.5.11 Balance
4700
10800
4700
Balance the Account – you know you are
correct as Debtors have Debit balances
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2012
2011
2010
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
(Creditors)
(Creditors )
(Debtors)
(Creditors)
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Purchases)
(Sales)
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
(Purchases)
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Sales Returns)
Ledger Accounts
57. In attempting the question
you must firstly ask if you
purchased or if you sold
something
60. Did you buy
something?
• If yes then….
Did you pay
with cash?
• If no then…..
Yes - BANK
Do you owe
money?
Yes - Creditor
Ask yourself
61.
Cash:
Then it comes out of
our Bank Account
Debit
Credit
BANK ACCOUNT
MONEY IN
Credit
Then WE OWE a
Creditor
Debit
Credit
CREDITOR ACCOUNT
MONEY OUT
How did we pay ….
Creditor has
Credit Balance
62. The beauty of double entry, is
that once we know one side of
the entry, we can complete the
question
{
Every Debit has a Credit,
Every Credit has a Debit
The second account is given the
name of the item bought or sold
70. Did you sell
something?
• If yes then….
Did you receive
payment?
• If no then…..
Yes - BANK
Are you owed
money?
Yes - Debtor
Ask yourself
71.
Cash:
Then it goes into our
Bank Account
Debit
Credit
Credit
Then WE ARE
OWED = a Debtor
Debit
BANK ACCOUNT
MONEY IN
MONEY OUT
Credit
Debtor Account
Debtor has
Debit Balance
How were we paid….
75. Bank Account
Sales Account
Item iii , the remaining account takes the name of the
item sold – in this instance the goods are unnamed =
Sales Account (being sale of trading items)
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2012
2011
2010
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
General Journal
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
Control Account
(Creditors)
(Creditors )
(Debtors)
(Creditors)
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
Ledger Account
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Purchases)
(Sales)
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
Day Book
(Purchases)
(Sales)
(Purchases)
(Sales Returns)
Day Books