FINANCIAL ACC 101.

TRIAL BALANCE.

Hey Guyz, Happy Tuesday. How was Monday for you, well for me it was all school stuff but it was fun, hope it was at least enjoyable for you? It is well with you today in Jesus Mighty Name- Amen. So today we are back to Acc. 101 and a new topic I pray you will enjoy, let’s get started.

Trial Balance is a statement showing the list of balance in a double entry form, extracted from the ledger to show the arithmetic accuracy of the account. The Trial Balance is drawn up at a given date after all the posting have been made in the ledger and they must both be in agreement. When they is a difference between the two sides (i.e. The Credit & Debit Sides), then some errors have occurred.

THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT TRIAL BALANCE:

1.     All Assets must be put in the Debit Side.

2.     All Income must be put in the Credit Side.

3.     All Expenses must be recorded in the Debit Side.

4.     All items with debit balance in the ledger will be debited.

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COMMERCE 101.

    BALANCE OF PAYMENT AND BALANCE OF TRADE.

Hey Guyz, Happy Monday. How was the weekend, mine was cute, hope yours was lovely? Any way this is a new week and a new day to live, learn and have fun. So let’s get started.

Balance of Trade is the relationship between the values of a country’s import and export of visible items within a particular period of time.

If Visible Exports are more than Visible Imports, the Balance of Trade is said to be favorable. On the other hand, if the Visible Import exceeds the Visible Exports, the country is said to have unfavorable Balance of Trade.

Balance of Payment is a statement/record showing the relation between a country’s total payment to other countries and its total receipt from other countries in a year. In other words, it is the comparison of the sum total of a country’s receipt from export and the total payment made for import. Balance of Payment of a country shows the yearly statement of income and expenditure from visible and invisible export, and visible and invisible import respectively.

A Country’s Balance of Payment can be divided into three parts:

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COMMERCE 101

                         DIVISION OF FOREIGN TRADE.

Hey Guyz, what’s happening? How are you all doing, hope great? It’s a beautiful day to live, learn and be merry. Today we are continuing our commerce 101 series.

International Trade can be divided into:

a.     Export.

b.     Import.

c.      Enter-port.

IMPORT.

This is the act of buying goods and services from other countries. It is sometimes restricted to control the country’s Balance of Payment.

It can be divided into:

VISIBLE IMPORT- Consists of goods that can be seen and touched ( i.e. Tangible Goods), that are bought from other countries. For example, The Tangible Visible Imports of Nigeria are Automobiles, Machineries, Electronics etc.

INVISIBLE IMPORT- Consists of services that cannot be seen or touched, which are bought from other countries. For example, Banking.

BARRIERS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

1.     Language Problem- Two countries that speak and understand the same language can trade easily. For example, Nigeria trading with America. While it will be difficult

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