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In deciding which account has to be debited and which account has to be credited, the golden rules of accounting are used. This is also accomplished using the accounting equation: Equity = Assets − Liabilities. The accounting equation serves as an error detection tool. If at any point the sum of debits for all accounts does not equal the corresponding sum of credits for all accounts, an error has occurred. It follows that the sum of debits and the sum of the credits must be equal in value.  \nDouble-entry bookkeeping is not a guarantee that no errors have been made – for example, the wrong ledger account may have been debited or credited, or the entries completely reversed.  \nAccounting entries  \nIn the double-entry accounting system, each accounting entry records related pairs of financial transactions for asset, liability, income, expense, or capital accounts. Recording of a debit amount to one or more accounts and an equal credit amount to one or more accounts results in total debits being equal to total credits for all accounts in the general ledger. If the accounting entries are recorded without error, the aggregate balance of all accounts having positive balances will be equal to the aggregate balance of all accounts having negative balances. Accounting entries that debit and credit related accounts typically include the same date and identifying code in both accounts, so that in case of error, each debit and credit can be traced back to a journal and transaction source document, thus preserving an audit trail. The rules for formulating accounting entries are known as \"Golden Rules of Accounting\" . The accounting entries are recorded in the \"Books of Accounts\" . Regardless of which accounts and how many are impacted by a given transaction, the fundamental accounting equation A = L + OE will hold, i.e. assets equals liabilities plus owner's equity.  \nApproaches  \nThere are two different approaches to the double entry system of bookkeeping. They are Traditional Approach and Accounting Equation Approach. Irrespective of the approach used, the effect on the books of accounts remains the same, with two aspects (debit and credit) in each of the transactions.  \nTraditional (British) approach  \nFollowing the traditional approach (also called British approach) accounts are classified as real, personal, and nominal accounts. Real accounts are accounts relating to assets and liabilities including the capital account of the owners. Personal accounts are accounts relating to persons or organisations with whom the business has transactions and will mainly consist of accounts of debtors and creditors. Nominal accounts are revenue, expenses, gains, and losses. Transactions are entered in the books of accounts by applying the following golden rules of accounting:  \n1. Personal account: Debit the receiver and credit the giver  \n2. Real account: Debit what comes in and credit what goes out  \n3. Nominal account: Debit all expenses & losses and credit all incomes & gains  \nAccounting equation approach  \nThis approach is also called the American approach. Under this approach transactions are recorded based on the accounting equation, i.e. , Assets = Liabilities + Capital. The accounting equation is a statement ","cbCaiayjtPuIXvTl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiayjtPuIXvTl","pdf",442576,42,"English","# Principles of Book-keeping\n## Double-entry bookkeeping system\n## Accounting entries\n## Approaches\n## Traditional (British) approach\n## Accounting equation approach\n## Books of accounts","[{\"question\":\"What is double-entry bookkeeping and how does it work?\",\"answer\":\"Double-entry bookkeeping records each transaction by affecting at least two nominal ledger accounts. One side is recorded as a debit and the other as a credit so that total debits equal total credits.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the accounting equation help in detecting errors?\",\"answer\":\"The accounting equation provides a consistency check: if the total debits do not equal the total credits at any point, an error has occurred. 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