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Accounting Entries – Examples

Business started with 3,000,000 as capital through cash
• Cash account (Asset) Dr   3,000,000
  • Capital account (Liability) Cr  3,000,000  
or
  Business started with 3,000,000 as capital in Bank
•Bank account (Asset) Dr   3,000,000
•Capital account (Liability) Cr  3,000,000
 45,000 Cash deposit to bank
•Bank account (Asset) Dr  45,000
•Cash account (Asset) Cr  45,000
1,000,000 Cash withdrawn from bank
•Cash account (Asset) Dr  1,000,000
•Bank account (Asset) Cr  1,000,000
Bought office furniture for cash 100,000
•Fixtures and Fittings (Asset) Dr  100,000
•Cash Account (Asset) Cr  100,000
Paid electricity bill in cash 9,000
•Electricity Charges (Expense) Dr  9,000
•Cash Account (Asset) Cr  9,000
Salaries paid by bank transfer  50,000
•Salaries and Wages (Expense) Dr  50,000
•Bank Account (Asset) Cr  50,000
Make provisions, example provision for bad debts for 200,000
•Bad Debts (Expense) Dr  200,000
•Allowance for Bad and Doubtful Debts (Asset) Cr  200,000 
Income Generating Loan disbursed by cheque 500,000
•Loan Portfolio (Asset) Dr  500,000
•Bank Account (Asset) Cr  500,000 
Fees paid by customer in cash 10,000
•Cash Account (Asset) Dr  10,000
•Fees and Charges Received (Income) Cr  10,000
Installment repaid by cash 50,000 of which 3,000 is interest
•Cash Account (Asset) Dr  50,000
•Interest Received (Income) Cr  3,000
•Loan Portfolio (Asset / Principal repaid) Cr  47,000
Loan outstanding written off: 12,000
•Loan Write Offs (Expense) Dr  12,000
•Loan Portfolio (Asset / Principal repaid) Cr  12,000
Deposit  in cash by customer 50,000
•Cash Account (Asset) Dr  50,000
•Savings Portfolio (Liability) Cr     50,000
Withdrawal in cash by customer 20,000
•Savings Portfolio (Liability) Dr  20,000
•Cash Account (Asset) Cr   20,000
Interest of 5,000 paid on savings account
•Interest on deposits (Expense) Dr  5,000
•Savings Portfolio (Liability) Cr     5,000

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