General Journal Tab - For each transaction, prepare the required journal entry on the General Journal tab. List debits before credits. General Ledger Tab - One of the advantages of general ledger software is that posting is done automatically. To see the detail of all transactions that affect a specific account, or the balance in an account at a specific point in time, click on the General Ledger tab. Trial Balance Tab - General ledger software also automates the preparation of trial balances. A trial balance lists each account from the General Ledger, along with its balance, either a debit or a credit. Total debits should always equal total credits. Income Statement Tab - The revenue and expense balances from the trial balance appear on the income statement, along with their balance as of the date selected. Review the income statement and indicate how the income statement is linked to the other financial statements. Statement of Retained Earnings Tab - Beginning retained earnings plus (minus) net income (loss) for the period less dividends. Review the statement of Retained earnings and indicate how the statement is linked to the other financial statements. Balance Sheet Tab - Each asset and liability account balance, as reported on the trial balance, appears on the balance sheet, along with the equity balances. Review the balance sheet and then indicate how the balance sheet is linked to the other financial statements. Financial Statement Impact Tab It is important to be able to identify the impact each transaction has on the financial statements. For each of the transactions, indicate the cumulative amount of net income, total assets, total liabilities and total equity that would appear on the financial statements immediately after each transaction is recorded.
The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities
Many businesses estimate tax liability and make payments throughout the year (often quarterly). When a company overestimates its tax liability, this results in the business paying a prepaid tax. Prepaid taxes will be reversed within one year but can result in prepaid assets and liabilities.
Final Accounts
Financial accounting is one of the branches of accounting in which the transactions arising in the business over a particular period are recorded.
Ledger Posting
A ledger is an account that provides information on all the transactions that have taken place during a particular period. It is also known as General Ledger. For example, your bank account statement is a general ledger that gives information about the amount paid/debited or received/ credited from your bank account over some time.
Trial Balance and Final Accounts
In accounting we start with recording transaction with journal entries then we make separate ledger account for each type of transaction. It is very necessary to check and verify that the transaction transferred to ledgers from the journal are accurately recorded or not. Trial balance helps in this. Trial balance helps to check the accuracy of posting the ledger accounts. It helps the accountant to assist in preparing final accounts. It also helps the accountant to check whether all the debits and credits of items are recorded and posted accurately. Like in a balance sheet debit and credit side should be equal, similarly in trial balance debit balance and credit balance should tally.
Adjustment Entries
At the end of every accounting period Adjustment Entries are made in order to adjust the accounts precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. It is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also be referred as financial reporting that corrects the errors made previously in the accounting period. The basic characteristics of every adjustment entry is that it affects at least one real account and one nominal account.
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