Impersonal Account

This is one that is comprised of both: (i) real accounts and (ii) Norminal accounts. Real accounts or in other words called property accounts are those accounts that refer to assets such as machinery, plants, furniture and fittings, stock in trade, cash etc. where as Norminal Accounts are those accounts that deal on gains and …

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Personal Account

This is made up of (i) Debtors and (ii) Creditors. Debtors are those who bought goods on credit. In other words, they are persons to whom the firm has sold goods or services without payment. Creditors are those people to whom money is owed. Example, person from whom the firm has bought goods and services …

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Conservatism Convention

Here, we are meant to understand that in any accounting records, it is very common to expect future losses. And so an accountant is not prepared to bring into account that possible future projects occur. This shows that in any accounting records, that it is only losses that are anticipated and even recorded whereas profits …

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Materiality Convention

Here, in accounting, the quantity of an amount will affect its treatment. As we may know that all records in accounting draw towards their cost. This in effect t shows that much importance is attached to the items of its greater cost. All the same, in presenting final accounts and balance sheets of a large …

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Consistency Conventions

This one requires that for any procedure or method to be in use in any business for any accounting records, it should continue for a reasonable long period of time. This means that one should not be changing his or her method to be carried out in the business, it must be the generally accepted …

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Periodicity Concept

Here, accounting records are balanced many times in a period and this period is sometime every twelve calendar months. In every business, whether Government or individual is allowed to choose his accounting period. The period may however be one month, three months (that is quarterly) or six months (i.e. half yearly).

not allowed!