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Difference between personal account real account and nominal account ?

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Question added by shanavas pulath , SENIOR ACCOUNTANT , RAYDAN FOOD COMPANY (Joint stock company)
Date Posted: 2014/08/25
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Personal Account also known as Subsidiary Account means individual or personal accounts of directors, employees, suppliers and customers.

 

Noinal Account means income and expenses account which are  reproted in the income statement and are closed at the end of the year. Balances of nominal accounts are not carried forward to next accounting year.

 

Real accounts also called Permanent Accounts are those accounts which are reported in the balance sheet i..e assets, liabilites and equity. These accounts are not closed and their balances are carried forward to next year unless they are settled during the peirod.

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