I am currently working through a "Teach Yourself" book on Bookkeeping while saving up for a course. I have got stuck with how to log rent owed. I have a Rent Account in the Nominal Ledger and can put a CR in this but where does the DR go? I only have a Purchase Ledger and a Sales Ledger to play with, do I need a "Landlords Account" somewhere? Should I treat this as a credit purchase?
I am ok when the rent is paid as the CR goes to Cash and the DR goes to rent.
If you owe rent then this amount is a creditor. Therefore you need to debit rent in the nominal ledger and credit a creditors account, normally accruals. If there is an invoice for the rent but it hasn't yet been paid, then this would again be a debit to the nominal ledger (P&L) and a credit to the purchase ledger in the Balance Sheet.