We pay tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born on the 10th of June 1921) and died today, on the 9th of April 2021, at the age of 99. Born in to the Greek and Danish royal family, he was exiled from Greece when he was 18 months old. After … Read More

Increase your productivity An important key to long term success is your dedication to continuous improvement. This will lead to your increased productivity and a conscious awareness of the need to set clear, specific goals for each area of your life. Take responsibility for each action and step you take and take the needed steps … Read More

Our hearts and our condolences go out to our students and everybody out there that has lost a loved one. We’ve all been through this pandemic but thankfully, we’ve kept our heads held high and not let it get us down. We would like our students to join in the with us, and the rest … Read More

  OVERHEAD ABSORPTION RATE JTM Ltd is looking to calculate the unit cost for one of its products. It needs to calculate an overhead absorption rate to apply to each unit. The methods it is considering are: ·        direct labour hours ·        machine hours  The factory activity forecast is as below: Machine hours 15,000 hrs … Read More

  NUMBER PUZZLE   How quick and easy is this puzzle for you? Using the numbers below, complete these six equations (3 reading across and 3 reading downwards). Every number is used only once.     1 2 3     4 5 6     7 8 9       x   – … Read More

  YOUR HAPPINESS IS IMPORTANT What makes you happy and what does happiness mean to you? Some people will believe that making people happy will lead you to being happy! Is that a myth? There has been a lot of challenges and deem issues that so many people would have been dealing with especially as … Read More

Lets 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!!! Lets see how you get on with this simple scenario: ·        Where there is an … Read More

BAD/ IRRECOVERBLE DEBT Bad debt is an amount owed to a business which may not likely be paid by the debtor, having exhausted all possible means of chasing for the payment. Hence, such amounts need to be written off the books of accounts and should not continue to be presented within the debtors amounts as … Read More

What does an Accountant say when boarding a train? Mind the GAAP!!! GAAP is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles which are the rules and standards set within each country that govern how company accounts are to be prepared. In studying accounts, you need to learn this and be aware of these!!!