Accounting How To: Help for Accounting Students, Bookkeepers, and Business Owners

Revenue is the income generated by a business in the normal course of operations. It represents the sale of goods and services to customers or clients. For a non-profit organization, revenue is the...

A Liability is a financial obligation by a person or business to pay for goods or services at a later date than the date of purchase. An example of a liability for a business is Accounts Payable. The...

What is a Closing Entry? A closing entry is a journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to reset the balances of temporary accounts to zero and prepare those accounts for the new...

In this article we break down the differences between Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion, discuss how each one is used, and what the journal entries are to record each. The main difference...

Depreciation Expense and Accumulated Depreciation can be a hard concept for accounting students. It's easy to get confused or struggle to understand what goes where in a journal entry and to keep the...

One of the most confusing chapters in your first accounting class is the bad debts and allowance for doubtful (uncollectible) accounts chapter. Here, we will break it down step by step and provide...