Michael Jordan & Marginal Costing

  Michael Jordan, former American professional basketball player is deemed to be the greatest basketball player of all time as declared on the official NBA website. Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick, and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while gaining a reputation … Read More

Cash book challenge!

Let’s talk some more on the movement of money in the cash book?  Dr- Receipts  Cr- Payments    When money is received the bank balance increases and when money is paid out, the bank balance reduces. J   Simple hey!!!    Let’s see how you get on with this simple scenario:    Where there is an opening credit bank balance … Read More

Allowance for Doubtful Debt

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL DEBT: Scenario: You work for Mandels Ltd and the debtors balance at the end of the year is £48,100 and the company makes a general allowance for doubtful debt of 2%. Where there is an existing allowance for doubtful debt of £1,406 at the beginning of the year, what will be the … Read More

DOUBLE ENTRY FOR BEGINNERS – PART 3

DOUBLE ENTRY FOR BEGINNERS SALES SCENARIOS- PART 3 Financial Accounts are built on the double entry principle which states that:  FOR EVERY DEBIT ENTRY, THERE MUST BE A CORRESPONDING CREDIT ENTRY; So, in posting any transaction into your accounts, you always need to identify which account needs to be debited and which account needs to … Read More