Classification of Accounts.

Classification Of Accounts

Accounts are of three types namely..

1. Personal Account

2. Real Account

3. Nominal Account

1. Personal Account : Personal A/c are those a/c which are related to firms, institutions, company, individual etc. Example: Rahim and Co., HDFC Bank, Neeraj club, Furniture and Mart etc.

2. Real Account: Real Account are those a/c which are related to assets. Example: Cash balance, Bank balance, stock-in-trade, Building etc.

3. Nominal Account : Nominal a/c are those a/c which are related to gain ,loss, expenses and profit. Example : Purchase a/c, Sales a/c, Salary a/c, Rent a/c.

Double Entry System: In Double Entry System of accounting we follow the dual concepts . In dual concepts we have two aspects Debit and Credit.

Following are some examples of Personal, Real and Nominal a/c :

Sales a/c : Nominal A/c

Purchase a/c : Nominal A/c

Cash a/c : Real A/c

Bank a/c : Real A/c

Furniture a/c : Real A/c

Ram and co. : Personal A/c

HDFC : Personal A/c

Abc and Co. : Personal A/c

Cane Furniture : Personal A/c

Das and co. : Personal A/c

ICICI BANK : Personal A/c

Building : Real A/c