How to record a journal entry the EASY way!

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Komentáře • 132

  • @juliejones5909
    @juliejones5909 Před 2 lety +75

    I have been a bookkeeper on and off for 30 years, so I understand what to do for journal entries. Still, the whole "debit/credit" language always confused me. That is until today! I found this video for an assignment to look for tricks to help with a journal entry. The up and down, action = reaction did it for me. I now understand why spending cash is recorded as a credit! Thank you.

  • @itsnotif.itswhen
    @itsnotif.itswhen Před 2 lety +23

    One of the best accounting channels that I actually have the patience to listen to and can understand the logic behind accounting rules. Well done!

  • @ivyworth862
    @ivyworth862 Před 2 lety +8

    This is the best description I've seen so far. It's very helpful, and I'm currently using it for a homework assignment.

  • @leztawh9890
    @leztawh9890 Před rokem

    I have watched so many videos on journal entries to understand it. After watching this I get it, the "Action=Reaction to every business transaction" 🙏Thank you so much.

  • @mesha9638
    @mesha9638 Před 2 lety +11

    This is by far the best way to remember. I wish I would have had a professor to explain it like this when I was in school, but I graduated in accounting/finance. Thanks for explaining this concept well.

  • @dabananaking09
    @dabananaking09 Před 2 lety +7

    This has been my favorite accounting channel, currently working on my Bachelors and been stressing about not being able to know/memorize everything… so you saying that it’s okay and can even google a question helps relieve my stress!

  • @taragriffin5095
    @taragriffin5095 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for this video and all others you have created. This has truly helped me. I can understand everything and you give great examples.

  • @1uvp1nk1
    @1uvp1nk1 Před rokem

    You got me! I'm definitely subscribing!!! Thanks for all the help.

  • @kibimacheru6228
    @kibimacheru6228 Před 3 lety +3

    Wooow Action and Reaction and DEALER really helped me. And to know that thinking through it does not make you look stupid is a bonus. Thank you soooo much for your tips

  • @roxanne7553
    @roxanne7553 Před rokem

    you’re a great teacher, thank you so much!

  • @fabiodrada159
    @fabiodrada159 Před rokem

    Gracias por la explicación tan didáctica. Es usted un maestro para enseñar.

  • @ilonacwioro3490
    @ilonacwioro3490 Před 2 lety

    You are absolutely the best!

  • @aigulboreiy1861
    @aigulboreiy1861 Před 2 lety +1

    Love your channel.much appreciation ❤️

  • @hangnguyen6499
    @hangnguyen6499 Před měsícem

    thank you so much! you re awesome.

  • @opeyemiisaac-oni7644
    @opeyemiisaac-oni7644 Před rokem

    This is so helpful. Thank you

  • @abdiduale9161
    @abdiduale9161 Před rokem

    Thank you so much. This was a beneficial video.

  • @swatigopalan913
    @swatigopalan913 Před rokem

    Started Learning the Accounting 101. Its great help

  • @somaansa939
    @somaansa939 Před 2 lety +3

    Brilliant! You are truly gifted in teaching. Well done.

  • @catseye1813
    @catseye1813 Před 2 lety

    Acronym DEALER! Thank you!!! The best!!

  • @kenesharowe7414
    @kenesharowe7414 Před rokem

    Thanks alot. this is really helpful

  • @tetamarie
    @tetamarie Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you so much for simplifying this complex topic. I have a test coming up Monday and i was stressed out but this helped 🙏
    Im grateful. God bless you

  • @veronicapilkenton6872
    @veronicapilkenton6872 Před 3 lety +4

    You are awesome, thanks for take the time to created this videos. I am learning a lot from you

  • @mohammedshareef6379
    @mohammedshareef6379 Před 2 lety

    Great knowledge shared with us
    Thanks and regards
    May God bless you

  • @combustionisthegame2860

    best one I have seen yet for learning, or refresher

  • @anjoedaviscatholic9143

    Best explanation. Keep it up!

  • @clutching_pearls
    @clutching_pearls Před 11 měsíci

    I'm takig intermediate accounting and needed a quick refresher. Thanks a lot!

  • @andrenaroschelle3154
    @andrenaroschelle3154 Před 2 lety +10

    This video was very helpful. I'm in the first semester of my MBA program with accounting being one of my classes and until I saw the acronym DEALER just now I could not grasp the concept of what to debit and what to credit. THANK YOU so much for this!!!

    • @William14094
      @William14094 Před 2 lety

      You're going to hate your life once you get that cushy accounting job. You're gonna be miserable.

  • @annatsukanova4448
    @annatsukanova4448 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much!

  • @salonnthy1603
    @salonnthy1603 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you, this video was very helpful 😊 please do more videos like this 🙏👍

  • @ma3ixul997
    @ma3ixul997 Před rokem

    I wish my teacher would have this patient rather than doing it in a boring way Thank you sir

  • @MeAntwi
    @MeAntwi Před 2 lety +2

    boss i love the way you teach....very simple method to understand....soar higher

  • @hackit9578
    @hackit9578 Před 3 lety +10

    Thanks Bill, I missed this video 🤭 Thanks for another brilliant explanation. DEALER is a much easier way to remember my Dr/Cr.

  • @zarnilin7737
    @zarnilin7737 Před 2 lety

    Thanks Sir
    It is a big help❤️

  • @ilakkiaselvi20
    @ilakkiaselvi20 Před 2 lety

    Thank you👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @dotwav88
    @dotwav88 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautifully depicted and spoken.

  • @abdullahimusa9761
    @abdullahimusa9761 Před 2 lety

    Hi Bill Hanna, I would truly appreciate if you made a video on the job marketability of accountancy professional qualfications such as ACCA, CMA etc. Thank you.

  • @henrysonneewray5805
    @henrysonneewray5805 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks so much for the tutorial🙏🙏

  • @miniepink4781
    @miniepink4781 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much

  • @epruepru1426
    @epruepru1426 Před 9 měsíci

    Perfect.🎉

  • @IrshadAlTiladnet
    @IrshadAlTiladnet Před 3 lety +1

    you did a great job sir. I could not understand easily while studying my B.COM Graduation but you make me to understand its very easily..

  • @zubystaro
    @zubystaro Před 3 lety

    This is exactly i was looking for . 9 mins but so helpful . some people are taking more than 50 minutes but i failed to understand

  • @4Brandy4
    @4Brandy4 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you for this video! Having the explanation for the action=reaction is very helpful. I am wondering however, why is it Dr and Cr? It seems like Cr would be short for credit but why is it Dr? Thank you again for your time!

  • @blaisekasongo1775
    @blaisekasongo1775 Před rokem

    Perfect!!

  • @iLoveMelakaCars
    @iLoveMelakaCars Před rokem

    Tq for the video

  • @caliguy1260
    @caliguy1260 Před 3 měsíci

    Great breakdown of accounting rationale for journal entries. If you understand DEALER and can grasp accruals and deferrals, you can think your way through 95% of transactions for journal entry. Btw love the connection to Newtonian mechanics ( I’m a BioE major 😎)

  • @foreverbeauty8915
    @foreverbeauty8915 Před 2 lety

    You may have just saved my Accounting 1 grade.
    Thanks 😊

  • @harlangleeson9496
    @harlangleeson9496 Před 2 lety

    thanks!

  • @frostypaws14
    @frostypaws14 Před rokem

    Great video.
    I'm studying for FAR and I've been having the worst time with the journal entries for changes in fair value of AFS investments. Particularly because we're dealing with valuation accounts and and contra asset accounts. Is there a way to fit in those types of accounts into the DEALER mnemonic?

  • @Conversation_Guy
    @Conversation_Guy Před rokem

    nice vid :)

  • @lastnamefirst650
    @lastnamefirst650 Před 2 lety

    Thank you!!
    Curious, I tend to overexplain stuff so I want to be more concise in my entries. What’s a good method for recording the nature of the transaction?
    For example, say I own a golf shop and a customer paid for lessons half in cash and half on account for 10 day credit terms.
    Would my wording say something like, ‘customer paid for lessons on account and in cash’
    Or does it make more sense to say ‘customer x paid for lessons’ as we can already see which accounts are affected?
    Thank you for any help!

  • @ornellafamien
    @ornellafamien Před 2 lety +1

    New subscriber here! I love your channel.

  • @LAUGH-LEARN-AND-GROW
    @LAUGH-LEARN-AND-GROW Před rokem

    I like the acronym? :) and the action and reaction ,though I am still confuse how to debit and credit.

  • @angellourence
    @angellourence Před 3 lety +5

    This is a precious 9 minutes of learning, compared to credits I’m taking in uni 🥲thank you for making this video sir, looking forward for another updatess! #autosubscribed

  • @anira1504
    @anira1504 Před 2 lety

    Hello could you please explain about consolidation entries, Business combination valuation entire

  • @cynthiatruphena6693
    @cynthiatruphena6693 Před 3 lety

    Well understood

  • @XerathGamingChannel
    @XerathGamingChannel Před 5 měsíci

    I'm wondering why none of my professors mentioned the dealer acronym, that would have made it so much easier to conceptualize. Thanks I'll keep that handy.

  • @nl6930
    @nl6930 Před 2 lety +1

    The "Dealer" system is a bit confusing to me. In Italy we analyze each transaction in its two aspects: economic (is it a cost or a revenue) and/or financial (credit or debt). These two categories work in an opposite way so, if economic is positive it goes to the right (credit ), negative goes to the left. On the other hand, financial accounts follow the opposite rule: positive to the left, negative to the right. Anyway, thank you, really helpful to understand the "English way"

  • @ramkumarsankaranarayanan7399

    wow, Thankyou sir.

  • @ladynatashanicole
    @ladynatashanicole Před 2 lety

    Can you offer advise how to go from being a senior accounts payable specialist to accounts payable supervisor?

  • @rezzy920
    @rezzy920 Před 2 lety +3

    I hear DEALER a lot however I was always taught to know the acronym DEAD. Debit Expenses Assets and Dividends. Everything else has a natural credit balance.

  • @user-zr1pu3hj2t
    @user-zr1pu3hj2t Před 5 měsíci

    My high school teacher used to say DR the receiver and CR the giver. For example, in scenario 2, salary is receiving, and cash is giving, therefore, we DR salary and CR cash.

    • @tamannabose1708
      @tamannabose1708 Před 3 měsíci

      Yea, it's one of the golden rules of accounting (personal accounting rules: debit the receiver credit the giver)

  • @MS-zp7bt
    @MS-zp7bt Před 2 lety

    So any of the abbreviated accts = DEALER can be be crossed over as Debit or Credit depending on the transaction right ??

  • @livin6757
    @livin6757 Před rokem

    very nice and informative video. simple, full of knowledge. no dramatic b*llsh*t. 👍👍

  • @jmusman6188
    @jmusman6188 Před 2 lety

    what would be the best entry if invoice was not receive for a year?

  • @kiarasara7435
    @kiarasara7435 Před 2 lety

    explained it better than my professors

  • @sandugvr
    @sandugvr Před 2 lety

    Office supplies can be considered as an expense? Or only as an Asset .

  • @tripphouse3534
    @tripphouse3534 Před 11 měsíci

    The best part this video is when he tells us it’s okay to think your way through it and take your time-this speaks volumes coming from a controller!

  • @timothysmith4343
    @timothysmith4343 Před 3 lety +1

    Can you go over the chart of accounts of different industries for classifying expenses for accounts payable? Example: like raw material freight in expense is classified as inventory, but what about freight out for a manufacturer? Still inventory? A retailer? Selling expense? Sometimes signs are classified as signage, but other times it is classified as supplies, advertising, building improvement or building maintenance.. Building a ramp for the disabled customers is supply or building maintenance, how about a ramp for disabled employees? Is there a difference between accrued telephone, telephone, communication account titles and if so, does it depend on the industry. A fence around an apartment complex is land improvement, but what about the security gate or the fence around the pool (a legal requirement) for safety and to keep non-residence out. What is coaching expense for a real estate agent? The repaving of parking lots? Capitalized to land (cannot be depreciated) or land improvement or building repair? Etc...

  • @lutwin6863
    @lutwin6863 Před 2 lety

    Can you make a video of general journal

  • @ahmadaliyu1242
    @ahmadaliyu1242 Před 2 lety

    Please I'd like to understand the difference between Journal entry and Book keeping? Thank you

    • @ahmadaliyu1242
      @ahmadaliyu1242 Před 2 lety

      ...there is also ledger and trial of balance, so many title

  • @bradleydavidgood
    @bradleydavidgood Před rokem

    What do you mean when you say assets have a debit nature? Sounds backwards to me every time i hear about what gets credited and debited. But no one ever explains that.
    And it seems backwards to credit cash when you paid a salary in your example.

  • @Sally-sy6um
    @Sally-sy6um Před 2 měsíci

    What are bill payments. Like accounting or legal fees... considered to be?

    • @scoteaton6342
      @scoteaton6342 Před 2 měsíci

      Is it a service you're paying for? You're taking from your equity to gain an expense.

  • @GM-ub8qy
    @GM-ub8qy Před rokem

    this makes sense, but I just started accounting in real life and we work with so many accounts that are not easy to know on which side of the balance sheet they belong.

  • @adamsaldana5462
    @adamsaldana5462 Před 3 lety +2

    How about recording a business loan?
    Would it be a dr to cash and a cr to notes payable?

  • @petertenay1785
    @petertenay1785 Před 11 měsíci

    Wait so an expense is basically a current asset yes? Because when you think about it, an employee is an asset to a company...
    And an asset is an object that will bring future benefits to tge company... like purchasing a printer for the office...

  • @Bad_Fur_Day
    @Bad_Fur_Day Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. However, isn’t office supplies an expense that hits the P&L and not an asset on the balance sheet?

    • @TheFinancialController
      @TheFinancialController  Před 3 lety

      Hi. In general, supplies are considered a current asset until the point at which they're used. Once supplies are used, they are converted to an expense.

    • @xyz11zxc11
      @xyz11zxc11 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheFinancialController Most companies don't capitalize office supplies and instead expense it as its expected to be consumed in a short period of time and also the de minimis nature of the costs.

  • @nurlatifahmohdnor8939
    @nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Před 2 lety

    What is ledger?

  • @malamofficial7558
    @malamofficial7558 Před 9 měsíci

    ❤❤❤

  • @marinatolo
    @marinatolo Před 2 lety

    And cash is a liability ?

  • @soccer2557
    @soccer2557 Před 2 lety

    how to deal with credit transaction in journal entries?

    • @jaan4khalid
      @jaan4khalid Před 2 lety

      Account receivable credit
      Purchase debit

  • @yabarichard2435
    @yabarichard2435 Před 2 lety

    Wow

  • @varshakamble1208
    @varshakamble1208 Před 2 lety

    🙏❤❤🙏❤❤

  • @benitezmylajoyb.4730
    @benitezmylajoyb.4730 Před 2 lety

    What if.
    Dr. Tan opened his dental clinic on January 2 and invested the following:
    Cash. 50,000
    Dental equipment. 100,000
    Office equipment. 20,000
    Office furniture. 40,000.
    Help pleaseee. I can't make my journal entry because of this😭😭

    • @jaan4khalid
      @jaan4khalid Před 2 lety

      Everything is debit
      Capital account credit

  • @Perfectsound88
    @Perfectsound88 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Sir-Please help me with this Journal Entry-Scenario is-My Company's Rent for year 2020 is $120,000/-.I received the invoice from Real Estate on 5th Jan 2020.But I will be paying the entire $120k only on 10 of April-2020.Can someone help me with the complete journal

    • @mish2978
      @mish2978 Před 3 lety +1

      When you received the invoice the journal entry would be: RENT A/C DR 120k
      OUTSANDING RENT A/C CR 120k
      When you pay it then the journal entry would be
      OUTSTANDING RENT A/D DR 120k
      CASH A/C CR. 120,000

    • @Perfectsound88
      @Perfectsound88 Před 2 lety

      @@mish2978 Thanks Sir.But when the Invoice is received how would you Debit the Rent A/c as we have just received the Invoice and $120k is not an expense for that month.Please let me know if I am wrong.

    • @ahmadkidwai3141
      @ahmadkidwai3141 Před 2 lety

      DR Prepaid Expense- Rent 120K
      CR Accounts payable/Cash 120K
      And then each month you amortize the rent (spread the rent expense through out the year) DR Rent Expense 10,000 (1 month rent)
      CR Prepaid Exp-Rent 10,000

  • @d0rk
    @d0rk Před 3 lety

    Mind blowing! This is not taught in school. Booo

  • @talalkhwaja5326
    @talalkhwaja5326 Před 2 lety

    DEALER!

  • @armelletafempa2954
    @armelletafempa2954 Před 3 lety +1

    another acronym is DEAD CLIC (Debit Expenditure-Assets-Drawings / Credit Liabilities- Income- Capital)

  • @arislopez411
    @arislopez411 Před 3 lety +7

    That 'DEALER' stuff is misleading. Journal entries should be recorded using basic, direct rules of debit and credit. I don't like cutting corners.

  • @marvelouss719
    @marvelouss719 Před 2 lety

    English is not your first language. Where are you originally from?

  • @William14094
    @William14094 Před 2 lety

    He looks like he hates his job. Just look at the bags under his eyes.