Assets in the form of Cash or Goods withdrawn from a
business by the owner(s) for their personal use are termed as drawings. They
reduce the capital invested in the business by the owner(s) and if goods are
withdrawn, they are valued at cost price. If a business is incorporated, they
are usually seen in the form of dividends or scrip dividends.
Drawings in case of business refer to the withdrawal of cash
or goods by the owner of business for his or her personal use and therefore it
needs to be accounted. Drawings are of two types one is when owner withdraws
cash from the business and another type of drawing is when owner withdraws
goods from the business.
Journal Entry for Drawings
Drawings A/C Debit
To Cash (or) Bank
A/C (In case of Money) Credit
To Purchases A/C
(In case of Goods) Credit
Purchase account is credited because when goods are
purchased the original entry was to debit purchase and since goods have been
issued to owner at cost price the purchase account will be credited so as to
reduce the purchase figure because stock has gone out of the business and since
it is not sold sales cannot be credited
It is a temporary account which is cleared at the end of
each accounting year and is not shown as a business expense. Debit balance in
the drawing account is closed by transferring it to the capital account. It
does not directly affect the profit and loss account in any way.
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