Types of Accounts

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Learning Objectives

After studying this lesson, you should be able to:

1. 

An account is basic building block of accounting. There are six types of account or accounting pillars used in recording economic activity in a systematic way.

>> See Contra account

 

types of accounts

 

>> See Golden Rules of Accounting.

 

Example 1:  

For each of the following, write Types of Account and Normal Balance?

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>> Practice Types of Accounts Quiz 1 and Quiz 2.

References

Shukla, M. C., Grewal, T. S., & Gupta, S. C. (2008). Advanced Accountancy (Vol. I & II). New Delhi: S Chand & Co.

Shukla, M. C., Grewal, T. S., & Gupta, S. C. (2008). Corporate Accounting. New Delhi: S. Chand and Co.

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2012). Accounting Principles (10th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Williams, M., & Bettner, H. (1999). Accounting (The basic for business decisions). (11th, Ed.) USA: Irwin McGraw- Hill.

 

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