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ASSIGNMENT No. 1
Q.1 Define the term Account and describe the various classifications of Accounts in detail.
Accounts are classified using two approaches – traditional approach (also known as British approach) and modern
approach (also known as American approach). On this page, we shall briefly discuss the classification of
accounts under both the approaches.
According to modern approach, the accounts are classified as asset accounts, liability accounts, capital or owner’s
equity accounts, withdrawal accounts, revenue/income accounts and expense accounts.
1. Asset accounts:
Assets are things or items of value owned by a business and are usually divided into tangible or intangible.
Tangible assets are physical items such as building, machinery, inventories, receivables, cash, prepaid expenses
and advance payments to other parties. Intangible assets normally include non-physical items and rights.
Examples of intangible assets include goodwill, trademarks, copyrights, patent rights and brand recognition etc.
A separate account for each tangible and intangible asset is maintained by the business to record any increase or
decrease in that account.
2. Liability accounts:
Liabilities are obligations or debts payable to outsiders or creditors. The title of a liability account usually ends
with the word “payable”. Examples include accounts payable, bills payable, wages payable, interest payable, rent
payable and loan payable etc. Besides these, any revenue received in advance is also a liability of the business
and is known as unearned revenue. For example, a marketing firm may receive marketing fee from its client for
the forthcoming quarter in advance. Such unearned revenue would be recorded as a liability as long as the related
marketing services against it are not provided to the client who has made the advance payment.
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3. Capital or owner’s equity accounts:
Capital is the owner’s claim against the assets of the business and is equal to total assets less all liabilities to
external parties. The balance in capital account increases with the introduction of new capital and profits earned
by the business and decreases as a result of withdrawals and losses sustained by the business.
In sole proprietorship, a single capital account titled as owner’s capital account or simply capital account is
used. In partnership or firm, each partner has a separate capital account like John’s capital account, Peter’s capital
account etc. In corporate form of business there are many owners known as stockholders or shareholders and the
title capital stock account is used to record any change in the capital.
4. Withdrawal accounts:
Withdrawals are cash or assets taken by a business owner for his personal use. In sole proprietorship and
partnership, an account titled as drawings account is used to account for all withdrawals. In corporate form of
business withdrawals are more systematic and usually termed as distributions to stockholders. The account used
for recording such distributions is known as dividend account.
5. Revenue or income accounts:
Revenue is the inflow of cash as a result of primary activities such as provision of services or sale of goods. The
term income usually refers to the net profit of the business derived by deducting all expenses from revenue
generated during a particular period of time. However, in accounting and finance, the term is also used to denote
all inflows of cash resulted by those activities that are not primary revenue generating activities of the business.
For example, a merchandising company may have some investment in an oil company. Any dividend received
from oil company would be termed as dividend income rather than dividend revenue. Other examples of income
include interest income, rent income and commission income etc. The businesses usually maintain separate
accounts for revenues and all incomes earned by them.
6. Expense accounts:
Any resource expended or service consumed to generate revenue is known as expense. Examples of expenses
include salaries expense, rent expense, wages expense, supplies expense, electricity expense, telephone expense,
depreciation expense and miscellaneous expense.
Traditional approach
According to traditional approach, the accounts are classified into four types – personal accounts, real accounts,
nominal accounts, and valuation accounts. A brief explanation of each is given below:
1. Personal accounts:
The accounts related to real persons and organizations are classified as personal accounts. Examples of personal
accounts include John’s account, Peter’s account, Procter and Gamble’s account, Vibrant Marketing Agency’s
account and City bank’s account etc. The business keeps a separate account for each individual and organization
for the purpose of ascertaining the balance due from or due to them.
ASSIGNMENT No. 02
Q. 1 Hussain & Co. is a partnership business dealing with the supply of surgical items. Business is facing
difficulty in recording its business transactions as there is no person on the payroll with accounting
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Cash purchases Rs. 35000 less 2.5% trade discount.
Purchases =Rs. 35000
Discount rate @ 2.5%
Discount price = Rs.35, 000 × 2.5 ÷ 100 = Rs. 875
Net purchases after less trade discount = Rs.35, 000 - Rs.875 = Rs. 34,125
• Net price of the purchases is Rs. 34,125 is recorded but rs.875 is not recorded due to trade discount.
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19 January 2017 Goods sold to Mr. Ali on credit Rs. 28,500.
Entry is not passed because it will be treated as credited basis.
Q. 2 (a) Define partnership and discuss the rights and duties of partners.
In Pakistan the partnership Act, 1932 regulates the law of partnership. According to Section 4 of this Act:
i. "It is the relation between the persons who have agreed to share the profits of business carried on by all or any
of them acting for all".
ii. "When two or more than two persons agree to combine their resources (capital & services) to carry on some
lawful business is called partnership".
Rights of Partners:
Broadly, the provisions of the Act regarding rights, duties and powers of partners are as under:
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Total cheque Rs. 100,000 deposited into bank in 5 March.