The following points highlight the four main types of accounting. The types are:- 1. Adjusting Entries 2. Transfer Entries 3. Closing Entries 4. Opening Entries. Types # 1. Adjusting Entries: It is a normal practice to make entries in the accounting records on cash basis (revenues and expenses actually received and paid). However, there is a need to formulate accounting [...]
In this article we will discuss about the accounting entries for the issue of shares at premium, explained with the help of an illustration. A company likely to be very successful and enjoying a good reputation, asks intending shareholders to pay, on each share, a sum higher than the face value. In other words, when shares are issued at a [...]
In this article we will discuss about the accounting entries for buy-back of shares. Buy-back of shares is just the opposite of issue of shares. Just as shares may be issued at par, at a premium or a discount, even buy-back may be at par, at a premium or at a discount. The basis of accounting for buy-back is Section [...]