Accounting (Text Only)
Accounting (Text Only)
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Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.1APR

1.

To determine

Adjusting Entries

Adjusting entries indicates those entries, which are passed in the books of accounts at the end of one accounting period. These entries are passed in the books of accounts as per the revenue recognition principle and the expenses recognition principle to adjust the revenue, and the expenses of a business in the period of their occurrence.

Rule of Debit and Credit:

Debit - Increase in all assets, expenses & dividends, and decrease in all liabilities and stockholders’ equity.

Credit - Increase in all liabilities and stockholders’ equity, and decrease in all assets & expenses.

To record: The adjusting entries for the given transactions on March 31, 2016.

2.

To determine

To explain: The difference between the adjusting entries and correcting entries

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Accounting (Text Only)

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