What is nominal ledger?
First of all students must not confuse the accounts with ledgers. These are two totally different things. Even though these terms are loosely used for each other but they are certainly not the same. Ledgers can be regarded as big registers where we write up and update different accounts. So, it means accounts are specific […]
Why do we add back depreciation and interest income / expense in cash flow statements?
The answer to this question is hidden right in the word “indirect method”. When we prepare statement of cash flows using indirect method we have to use income statement to find out the cash flows indirectly from it. Now, we can understand that the basic purpose of Income statement or Trading and Profit & Loss […]
What is the difference between “Selling costs” and “Cost of Sales”?
“Cost of sales” if said in a phrase then it basically is, manufacturing cost of units sold in a particular period or simply cost. On the other hand “selling costs” include such costs that are incurred to make things available for sale. Important thing to understand here is that even after incurring cost of sales, […]
