Business or Personal?
Increase or Decrease?
Name the Two Accounts
Balance Sheet Sorting
Transaction Calculations
100

The owner buys groceries for their home using personal cash.

What is Personal? 

100

Business buys supplies for cash — Cash: Increase or Decrease?

What is Cash - Decrease?

100

Owner invests $5,000 into the business.

What is Cash (Asset) and Capital (Owner’s Equity)?

100

Land

What is an Asset?

100

Cash is $2,400. The business pays $600 for supplies.

What is Cash -$600 ($1,800) and Supplies +$600?

200

The owner uses business cash to pay their own cell phone bill.

What is Personal? 

200

Owner invests $2,000 into the business — Capital: Increase or Decrease?

What is Capital - Increase?

200

Business purchases equipment for $1,200 on credit.

What is Equipment (Asset) and Accounts Payable (Liability)?

200

Accounts Payable 

What is a Liability?

200

Capital is $8,000. Owner invests $3,000 cash.

What is Capital (OE) +$3000 ($11,000) and Cash +$3,000?

300

The business buys a printer for the office.

What is Business? (Asset – Equipment)

300

Business repays $500 of a bank loan — Liabilities: Increase or Decrease?

What is Liabilities - Decrease?

300

Business pays $300 cash to reduce a bank loan.

What is Cash (Asset) and Bank Loan / Loan Payable (Liability)? 

300

Bank Loan

What is a Liability?

300

The business has a Bank Loan of $6,000. It pays back $2,500 using cash.

What is Bank Loan -$2,500 ($3,500) and Cash -$2,500?

400

The owner pays for business supplies using their personal funds.

What is Business? 

(Capital Contribution / Assets Increase)

400

Customer pays off part of their debt — Accounts Receivable: Increase or Decrease?

What is A/R - Decrease?

400

Received $600 cash from a customer who owed money.

What is Cash (Asset) and Accounts Receivable (Asset)?

400

Accounts Receivable 

What is a Asset?

400

Business had Supplies worth $1,000. It uses $300 of supplies during operations.

What is Supplies -$300 ($700 left) and Owner’s Equity -$300?

500

The owner withdraws $500 from the business for personal use.

What is Personal?

(Drawings / Capital Decrease)

500

Business earns $800 cash from sales — Cash: Increase or Decrease?

What is Cash - Increase?

500

Business buys supplies for $200 cash.

What is Supplies (Asset) and Cash (Asset)?

500

Building Mortgage 

What is a Liability?

500

Business buys equipment worth $2,000. It pays $1,200 cash and puts $800 on credit.

What is

Equipment +$2,000
Cash  - $1,200
Accounts Payable / Loan: +$800