Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Small business accounting- Cash


Commonly, the small business consists of:

  1. Cash on Hand 
  2. Cash in Bank

Commonly, the cash on hand amounts are certainly not material, when important level of the businesses’ cash are stored in bank. What might be the accounting entries for cash receipt and cash disbursement (i.e. payment).

Upon  receiving of cash from debtors:

Debit:    Cash in Bank
Credit:   Trade Debtors

Intended for bank charges around the bank account deducted from bank account straight:

Debit:    Bank charges
Credit:    Cash in Bank

Upon disbursement of cash (i.e. outflow of cash) for espenses

Debit:    Trade Creditors/ expenses
Credit:   Cash in Bank


It is significant to note that: a on-line bank account allow the small business to monitor the transaction on a actual time time frame. Conventionally, small business is expected to verify the cash inflow and outflow when they've received the month-to-month bank statement in the bank. With on-line banking account, the small business is permitted to view the transactions on a timely basis.

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