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Is Capital Debit or Credit?

Is Capital Debit or Credit?

August 2, 2023
Bill Kimball

As there were only six transactions, it was probably not too difficult. However, many enterprises have to record hundreds of transactions per day. Having individual T-accounts within the nominal ledger makes it much easier to collect the information from many different types of transactions. These transactions are reflected in the capital …

Is Bookkeeping Hard to Learn? All your Questions Answered

Is Bookkeeping Hard to Learn? All your Questions Answered

August 1, 2023
Bill Kimball

You need to also understand that bookkeeping isn’t just something easy that you can do without any training or experience. Not necessarily because bookkeeping itself is difficult, but because we are working with clients whose books are usually not very clean. Bookkeepers usually deal with the recording of transactions in a …

Increased Investment in Subsidiary Journal Entry

Increased Investment in Subsidiary Journal Entry

August 1, 2023
Bill Kimball

LLC stands for “limited liability company”; it’s a U.S. business structure that protects its owner(s) from being personally responsible for (you guessed it) liabilities or debts of the business. Therefore it is best from a legal perspective for each LLC to have its own bank accounts and set of books to keep their own assets …

5 Differences Between Tangible and Intangible Assets

5 Differences Between Tangible and Intangible Assets

August 1, 2023
Bill Kimball

Intangible assets add to a company’s future worth and can be far more valuable than tangible assets. Both of these types of assets are initially recorded on the balance sheet, which helps investors, creditors, and banks assess the value of the company. Most companies choose to employ a mixture of both tangible and intangible assets […]

Journal Entry for Loss of Insured Goods Assets

Journal Entry for Loss of Insured Goods Assets

August 1, 2023
Bill Kimball

In this article, we will be discussing the prepaid insurance journal entry with some examples. Rather, they provide value over time; generally over multiple accounting periods. The reason is that the expense expires as you use it, thus, you can’t expense the entire value of the prepaid service immediately. So when making a journal entry …