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Accounting Building Business Skills Paul D. Kimmel Chapter Two: The Accounting Information System PowerPoint presentation by Christine Langridge Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale ©2003 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd

Learning Objectives • • • •

Analyse the effect of accounting transactions and events on the basic accounting equation. Explain what an account is and how it helps in the recording process. Define debits and credits and explain how they are used to record accounting transactions. Identify the basic steps in the recording process. 2

Learning Objectives • • • •

Explain what a journal is and how it helps in the recording process. Explain what a general ledger is and how it helps in the recording process. Explain what posting is and how it helps in the recording process. Explain the purposes of a trial balance.

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Accounting Information System The system of: • collecting and processing transaction data and • communicating financial information to interested parties

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Accounting transactions & events • transactions are events that must be recorded in the Financial Statements • analyse the effect of business transactions on the basic accounting equation

The Accounting Equation must always balance 5

Transaction analysis •

Issue of shares for $10,000

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Transaction analysis •

Borrowings of $5,000 from ANZ Bank

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Transaction analysis •

Purchase of office equipment for $5,000 cash

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Transaction analysis •

Receipt of $1,200 cash in advance from customer

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Transaction analysis •

Renders services for $10,000 cash

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Transaction analysis •

Payment of rent $900

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Transaction analysis •

Payment of insurance $600

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Transaction analysis •

Purchases of supplies on credit

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Transaction analysis •

Payment of dividend $500

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Transaction analysis •

Payment of employee salaries $4,000

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Transaction analysis Summary • Analyse transaction in terms of effect on Assets, Liabilities & Owner’s Equity • Two sides of the equation must always be equal (Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity) • Note cause of change in Owner’s Equity

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The Account an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific Asset, Liability, or Stockholders’ Equity item

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Debit & Credit procedures Double entry system: • each transaction affects at least two accounts • total debits must equal total credits

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Debit & Credit procedures Dr/Cr procedures for assets & liabilities

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Debit & Credit procedures Dr/Cr procedures for Owner’s Equity: • Share Capital

• Retained Profits

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Debit & Credit procedures (cont.) • Dividends

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Debit & Credit procedures Dr/Cr procedures for Revenue & Expenses:

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Shareholder’s Equity Relationships

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Accounting Equation expanded

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Recording Process Steps • • •

analyse transaction and effect on accounts enter transaction information in a journal transfer journal information to accounts in the Ledger

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The Journal • a chronological record of all transactions • complete effect of a transaction disclosed in one place • helps prevent errors as debit & credit amounts are easily compared

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The General Journal

Reference: Wong Pty. Ltd.: 1st three transactions

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Chart of Accounts • a listing of all accounts and associated account numbers for a business

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The General Ledger • contains all Asset, Liability and Owner’s Equity accounts

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Posting • transfer of information from Journals to the General Ledger

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Posting transactions - steps •

In ledger account to be debited record: Date of transaction Enter name of ledger account to be credited (cross-reference) ƒ Enter amount ƒ Tick account number in General Journal to show the entry has been posted Repeat process for credit side of the entry ƒ ƒ

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Recording Process Illustrated •

Shares issued for cash

Reference: Wong Pty. Ltd. 32

Recording Process Illustrated (cont.)

Reference: Wong Pty. Ltd. 33

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Recording Process Illustrated •

Loan of $5,000 from ANZ Bank

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Recording Process Illustrated (cont.)

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Recording Process Illustrated •

Office equipment purchased for cash

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Recording Process Illustrated (cont.)

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Balancing the accounts Example: Cash ledger

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The Trial Balance • a list of all the accounts and their balances at a given time listed in order as they appear in General Ledger • proves the mathematical equality of debits and credits after posting

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Preparing a Trial Balance • • •

List account numbers, titles and balances Total debit and credit columns Verify equality of debit and credit columns

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Trial Balance – Wong Pty. Ltd

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Trial Balance - limitations Errors not detected in a Trial Balance • transaction not journalised • correct journal entry not posted • journal entry posted twice • incorrect accounts used in journalising/posting • offsetting errors made in recording amount 42

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