Accounting Category: Equity

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In the last article, we discussed partner capital accounts, contributions, and withdrawals, as well as the allocation of periodic income. Now we’ll look at how to account for the termination of a partnership.

Many of the accounting principles on this website apply to any type of company. In this series of articles, we focus on the basics of accounting for partnerships, a business entity formed by two or more owners that is less structured than a corporation.

Par value and no par value stocks exist and accounting for them may be different. In this article, we will review par value of stock, watered stock and sample journal entries to account for issuing stocks.

In our computerized world most accounting records are maintained in accounting software databases or spreadsheets, and accountants don’t think much in terms of general ledger or subsidiary ledgers like they did when most accounting records were maintained on paper. However, such concepts still exist. In this second part of the two-part article we will look at examples of accounts payable subsidiary ledger (i.e., accounts payable aging), inventory subsidiary ledger, and fixed assets subsidiary ledger.

Learn about stock splits and how they are different from stock dividends, view examples of stock splits and understand accounting for stock splits.

Learn about retained earnings and how retained earnings are determined.

Learn accounting for common stock issuance. Examples of common stock issued for cash and for non-cash consideration with journal entries are provided.

Account for cash dividends and stock dividends; differences between them.

Prepare balance sheet from trial balance in five easy steps. Format and elements of classified balance sheet.

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