Dr or Cr?
Classification
Ledger names
Journal entries
Journal entries with numbers
100

Contributed Equity has a __ nature

Cr

100

Classify Retained Earnings

EQ

100

What is the account name for a share that a company invests in?

Financial asset

100

Journal entry for issuing shares

Dr Bank

Cr Contributed Equity

100

Green and Yellow Ltd, made an interim dividend payment of $20 000 to their shareholders.

What is the Journal entry to record the payment of the interim dividend?

Dr Interim Dividend 20,000

Cr Bank. 20,000

200

Increase in fair value of financial asset has a __ nature

Dr

200

Classify Dividends paid

Distribution

200

What is the exact account name?

1. It requires a note

2. It needs to be reported separately as it needs to be transparent to the eyes of the public

3. It is an expense

4. It is an amount you would pay to an accounting firm

Auditors' remuneration

200

Revalue land upwards

Dr Land

Cr Land revaluation surplus

200

On 12 June 2027, Plus One Limited contracted First Class Sharebrokers to issue 20000 shares at $3 each. First Class Sharebrokers charge a brokerage fee of 1.5%.

Prepare the General Journal entry to record this transaction.

Bank  59,100

Contributed Equity.  59,100

300

If we want to close 'decrease in fair value of financial asset' we need to ..... (Dr or Cr?)

Cr

300

Classify provisional tax

expense but is not reported in any financial statements

300

What is the account name?

1. It is an expense

2. It represents the difference of the fair value of a share from the beginning of the year and at the end of the year

Decrease in fair value of financial asset
300
Journal entry for Paying interim dividend

Dr Interim Dividend

Cr Bank

300

Information from the trial balance as at 31 March 2026 (prior to the revaluation):

Buildings (at cost) $900 000

- Depreciation on buildings for the current year is calculated at 5% on cost. 

Dr Depreciation- Buildings.    45 000

Cr Accumulated depreciation - buildings.      45000

400
When a company pay legal cost, contributed equity will be ___ (Dr or Cr)

Dr

400

Classify increase in fair value of financial asset

other income

400

This represents the money you owed to the IRD

Tax Payable

400

Journal entry for closing profit for the year

Dr Income Summary

Cr Retained Earnings

400

Buildings (at cost) $900 000

Accumulated depreciation of Buildings $100 000 (updated)

The valuer states that the current market value of buildings is $950 000 

What is the amount that needs to be credited to the building revaluation surplus?

150,000

500

To close the provisional tax to tax payable, you have to ___ (Dr or cr) provisional tax AND ___ (Dr or cr) tax payable

Cr provisional tax

Dr Tax payable

500

Classify land revaluatio surplus

EQ

500

Name all four equity accounts in a company

Contributed Equity

Retained Earnings

Land Revaluation Surplus

Building Revaluation Surplus

500

3 steps (3 journal entries) when a company revalues a building


STEP ONE:

Dr Depreciation-building

Cr Accumulated Depreciation-building

STEP TWO:

Dr Accumulated depreciation- buildings

Cr Buildings

STEP THREE:

Dr Buildings

Cr Buildings Revaluation Surplus


500

Taxation in the Income Statement for the year ended 31 March 2026 was recorded as $149520.

During the year, provisional taxation had been paid in three instalments to the Inland Revenue Department totalling $130000.

Prepare the general journal entries to process all the necessary taxation transactions.

Dr Tax expense/income summary.  149,520

Cr Tax Payable.      149,520


Dr Tax Payable    130,000

Cr Provisional Tax 130,000