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Accounting Concepts: 14 Fundamental Principles Every Accountant Must Know

Accounting Concepts: 14 Fundamental Principles Every Accountant Must Know What Are Accounting Concepts? Every profession has a set of foundational rules that everyone in the field agrees to follow. In medicine, it is evidence-based practice and the Hippocratic principle of doing no harm. In law, it is precedent and due process. In accounting, these foundational […]

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Notes Payable: Definition, Journal Entries & the “0% Interest” Trap

Notes Payable: Definition, Journal Entries & the “0% Interest” Trap The “Interest-Free” Loan That Isn’t Here’s a deal that sounds too good to pass up: a supplier offers to sell your company a piece of equipment for $100,000 but instead of paying now, you sign a note agreeing to pay the full $100,000 in two

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Prepaid Insurance: Definition, Journal Entry, Adjusting Entry & Examples

Prepaid Insurance: Definition, Journal Entry, Adjusting Entry & Examples

Prepaid Insurance: Definition, Journal Entry, Adjusting Entry & Examples What is Prepaid Insurance? (Simple Definition) Imagine your company’s insurance policy runs from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025. You pay the full year’s premium $12,000 on 1 October 2024. But your accounting year ends on 31 December 2024. By 31 December, only three months

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Carriage Inward vs Carriage Outward: Meaning, Treatment & Journal Entries

Carriage Inward vs Carriage Outward: Meaning, Treatment & Journal Entries A Promise Kept In our article on Return Inward and Return Outward, we noted that carriage inward and carriage outward are entirely different concepts despite the similar “inward/outward” naming and promised a dedicated article. Here it is. If “carriage” sounds old-fashioned to you like something

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What is Reimbursement? Meaning, Types, Process & Journal Entry

What is Reimbursement? Meaning, Types, Process & Journal Entry What is Reimbursement? (Simple Definition) You attend a business conference on behalf of your company. You pay for the flight, hotel, and meals from your own pocket — spending $850 of your personal money. When you return, your company pays that $850 back to you. That

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