Amortization reduces your taxable income throughout an asset’s lifespan. The amount of an amortization expense write-off appears in the income statement, usually within the “depreciation and amortization” line item. The accumulated amortization account appears on the balance sheet as a contra account, and is paired with …
Accrued revenue covers items that would not otherwise appear in the general ledger at the end of the period. When one company records accrued revenues, the other company will record the transaction as an accrued expense, which is a liability on the balance sheet. SaaS businesses sell pre-paid subscriptions with services that are rendered over …
In the second step of the accounting cycle, your journal entries get put into the general ledger. After the business event is identified and analyzed, it can be recorded. Journal entries use debits and credits to record the changes of the accounting equation in the general journal. Journal entries are the first step in the accounting […]
When a customer fails to repay the amount owed it is known as a bad debt. Drawings are personal withdrawals made by the owner and act as a reduction in the owner’s capital. On the way back from meeting with your client, you stopped to pick up $100 worth of office supplies. Amortization is the […]
The financial statements that are the end product of the accounting cycle are only as good as the journal entries that happen at the beginning of the cycle. In order to better understand how bookkeeping entries are constructed, here is a simplified case study of the accounting process, starting with the daily log of transactions—the […]
Sales are recorded as a credit because the offsetting side of the journal entry is a debit – usually to either the cash or accounts receivable account. In essence, the debit increases one of the asset accounts, while the credit increases shareholders’ equity. These offsetting entries are explained by the accounting equation, where …