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According
to
the
video
presented,
corporations
do
not
use
an
account
called
Income
Summary
to
close
out
revenue
and
expense
accounts
like
other
companies.
The
video
did
not
mention
what
they
might
name
it
instead,
but
any
company
would
need
to
close
out
their
temporary
accounts
that
track
revenues
and
expenses
at
the
end
of
their
fiscal
year
to
start
the
new
year
with
zero
balances.
An
account
that
is
unique
to
corporations
would
be
the
dividends
account,
this
account
can
be
best
compared
to
the
withdrawals
accounts
in
other
companies.
The
temporary
accounts
are
a
way
for
companies
to
track
their
yearly
revenues
and
expenses.
To
not
close
these
accounts
properly,
would
mean
that
the
next
year's
accounts
would
be
off
from
the
very
beginning.
This
could
lead
to
false
claims
on
net
income
either
intentional
or
accidental.
Many
companies
use
auditing
systems
to
go
over
the
accounting
processes
that
have
been
carried
out.
Some
use
internal
checks,
some
use
external
checks,
and
there
are
even
companies
that
use
a
combination
of
internal
and
external
checks.
Another
method
corporations
use
is
to
compare
the
closing
amounts
to
the
Statement
of
Retained
Earnings
to
ensure
they
are
correctly
moved.
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