What is the entry for a loan to an employee?
When a company lends money to one of its employees, the company will debit the asset account Loans to Employees and will credit the asset account Cash.
The portion of the balance in Loans to Employees that will be due within one year of the balance sheet date is reported as a current asset. The portion of the balance in that account that is not due within one year of the balance sheet date will be reported as a long term asset.
Interest on the loan should be accrued by the company and reported as other revenue. The company’s entry to accrue interest is a debit to the current asset Interest Receivable and a credit to Interest Revenue.
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What is provision and between liabilities and reserves?
What do you do with the interest income(revenue) if payments are not made? Want to set it up on a cash basis so that everything works even if a payment is not made. Thank you.
what is capital expenditures and Revenue Expenditures?
taking loan 100000 and with 15%interest and he pay 60000. interest rate per year
This is with reference to Junaid’s question. Capital expenditures are long term in nature and benefit the orgainsation for more than one accounting year. Whereas, revenue expenditures are short term in nature and benefit ther organisation within one accounting year.
Also, see the question “What is a capital expenditure versus a revenue expenditure?“
I have now learn how interest on loan is calculated
is the interest on finance of loan a cost of goods or expense according the standards of accounting
What if a company owes me $150,000 finders fee for a $50million job I got them. How do they pay me?
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