3. Name different type of account ?
Answers
- Personal Account.
- Real Account.
- Nominal Account.
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Types of Accounts
3 Different types of accounts in accounting are Real, Personal and Nominal Account. Real account is then classified in two subcategories – Intangible real account, Tangible real account. Also, three different sub-types of Personal account are Natural, Representative and Artificial. In this article, we will see the 3 golden rules of accounting with examples.
Let’s begin.An account is the systematic presentation of all the transactions related to a particular head. An account shows the summarized records of transactions related to a concerned person or thing.
For Example: when the entity deals with various suppliers and customers, each of the suppliers and customers will be a separate account.
An account may be related to things which can be tangible as well as intangible. For example – land, building, furniture, etc. are things.
An account is expressed in a statement form. It has two sides. The left-hand side of an account is called a Debit side whereas right-hand side is called as Credit side. The debit is denoted as ‘Dr’ and credit is denoted as ‘Cr’.