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The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides. | The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides. | ||
Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance. | |||
For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases. | For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases. | ||
Revision as of 18:02, 10 February 2017
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Accounting
The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides.
Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.
For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases.
Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase.
This system is sometimes known as 'double entry bookkeeping'.
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An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere.
