{"id":1876,"date":"2023-08-22T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/?post_type=glossary&p=1876"},"modified":"2024-09-03T12:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:07:05","slug":"capital-accounts","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/terms\/capital-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What are Capital Accounts?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Capital accounts are records of the transactions and balances of the owner’s equity in a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital accounts show how much each owner has invested in the business, how much they have withdrawn from it, and how much profit or loss they have earned or incurred. Capital accounts are part of the balance sheet of a business under the owner’s equity section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital accounts can be different depending on the type of business entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a sole proprietorship has only one capital account for the owner. In a partnership, each partner has separate capital accounts, showing their individual contributions, withdrawals, and share of profits or losses. In a corporation, there are no capital accounts for the shareholders; instead, common stock and retained earnings accounts reflect the shareholders’ equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are Capital Accounts in accounting?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the examples of Capital Accounts?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Owner’s capital:<\/strong> This account tracks how much the owners have invested in the business. For example, if a business owner invests $10,000 in the business, the owner’s capital account would be credited with $10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retained earnings:<\/strong> This account tracks the profits reinvested in the business. For example, if a business earns a profit of $10,000 and then reinvests $5,000 of the profit in the business, the retained earnings account would be credited with $5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnership capital accounts:<\/strong> Partnership capital accounts track the ownership interest of the partners in a partnership. For example, if a partnership has two partners, each partner would have their own capital account. The account balance would represent the partner’s share of the partnership’s assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corporate capital accounts:<\/strong> Corporate capital accounts track the ownership interest of the shareholders in a corporation. For example, if a corporation has 100 shareholders, each shareholder would have their own capital account. The account balance would represent the shareholder’s share of the corporation’s assets.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","letter":[23],"class_list":["post-1876","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","letter-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2954,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1876\/revisions\/2954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"letter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/letter?post=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}