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The advantage of double entry is that
It is easy to prepare the final account
It increase assets
Has cash and bank column
It disburses cash
Correct answer is A
Double-entry accounting is easy to prepare and helps guarantee accurate financial records by revealing data entry errors. Double-entry accounting provides a complete record of financial transactions for a business.
Double entry system
Ledger
Cash Book
Petty Cash Book
Correct answer is B
A ledger is a separate record within the general ledger that is assigned to a specific asset, liability, equity item, revenue type, or expense type. Examples of ledger accounts are: Cash, Accounts receivable.
Dr Rent A/c; Dr Bank A/c
Dr Bank A/c; Cr Rent A/c
Dr Rent A/c; Cr Bank A/c
Dr Rent A/c; Cr Mr. Roi
Correct answer is C
In the double-entry principle, we debit income and credit expenses.
The rent account will be debited with the sum of #50,000 in regards to the landlord (because money has been paid in as rent, e.i income), while the bank column will be credited with N50,000 (money has gone out of Mr. Rio bank account via the cheque that was issued to the landlord)
Transactions are recorded or posted to the ledger in line with
Accounting Concept
Source document
Double Entry Principle
Data collection
Correct answer is C
The main principle of double-entry system is that for every debit there is a corresponding credit for an equal amount of money and for every credit there is a corresponding debit for an equal amount of money; i.e. for every transaction one account is debited for, the amount of transaction and the other account is also credited.
N210,000
N844,400
N840,000
N500,000
Correct answer is B
1/20 * 844400 = 4220