What is personal a/c ,real a/c

Answer Posted / ca.zishan ali

RULES:
Accountancy contains major three kinds of account area or
accounts
1) Personal A/C- it contains the accounts of either
of specific area or any specific person/company also
applicable in government sector. The examples are as
follows Mr. Xing A/c is under personal A/c because its an
account of an specific person or in other words it may be
called sole proprietorship account other is Bank of Baroda,
Gujarat Governance service, Gujarat Infosys etc all are
company accounts.
“Rule for debit and credit transaction applicable in
journal entry as well as all other accounting fields”
Debit—The receiver/what comes in
Credit—The giver/what goes out/who donates or pay to
other.
2) Real A/C- The stocks either goods in business
which are kept with an intension to earn from them are
called goods. In business there are many goods accounts
such as sales A/c, Purchase A/c, purchase return/sales
return etc… all these are effected in Real accounts
“Rule for Debit and Credit”
Debit—What comes in
Credit—What goes out
3) Nominal A/c- This account is for other expenses of
business and various direct and indirect incomes/expenses
of business. Some examples are profit and loss of the
business,travelling expenses of business, Goods burnt/gone
by fire/theft, Advertisement expenses, Legal expenses,
Commission given/received etc all such kind of entry of
business is recorded in nominal A/c.
“Rule for debit and credit”
Debit—All expenses and losses of business/during
transactions or dealings
Credit—All incomes of business earned from profit or during
transactions or on dealing

Is This Answer Correct ?    13 Yes 2 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

How do we calculate the cost of investment?

1293


Explain what knowledge should financial accountant have?

631


My question is on Opening & Closing Stock Suppose Closing stock of 2014-15 is Rs 30 lakhs & Also we filed return & ROC too for 2014-15. Opening stock for 2015-16 should be Rs 30 lakhs but we found that some purchase for feb & March 2015 Stock has been entered in tally Its taken directly to purchase split of stock not made & in sales to same of 2 lakhs no split of stock is shown. Those stock need to make changes in 2015-16 what was the process ? And what will be adjustment entry ?

1159


How Many Accounting Principale

1335


Explain me have you ever heard about tds, what it is?

621






What will be a entry for TDS deducted on Salaries, Directors Remuneration and Rent.

34143


What are the accounting entries for branch accounts?

617


Define push down accounting?

600


What steps would you take before approving an invoice for payment?

621


I have interview in Accenture,already anyone attend the interview, kindly gave some information about accounts interview & also about the company.

1830


What is accounting ethics?

631


I have deducted Notice pay Rs. 5000/- in which account to be booked the same enty, what is the head for notice pay in profit and loss a/c.

1625


Tell me about an invoice discrepancy you discovered and how you resolved it

646


what are cost accounting and its applications?

642


Do you know executive accounting?

623