Explain the Accounting for Income.

      

Explain the Accounting for Income.

  

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Kavungya
A business firm may generate other income apart from that generated from trading (sales). These other incomes can include e.g. Rent, Bank interest received, Discounts received etc.
- Accounting Treatment for Income received
Debit : Cash/ Bank Account or Account receivable
Credit : Income Account

NB:
- Each Income should have an individual account.
- Incomes increase the capital of a business thus this being the reason as to why they are posted on the credit side of their respective accounts.
Kavungya answered the question on August 17, 2021 at 07:40


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