Adjusting entries are made at the end of the year to adjust the financial position of the enterprise according to the accrual basis of accounting.
Accounting rules regarding journal entries:
- Balance increases when: Assets, losses, and expenses get debited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get credited.
- Balance decrease when: Assets, losses, and expenses get credited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get debited.
Journal Entries:
It is a book of original entries. It records and summarizes the financial transaction of an entity chronologically, generally according to the dual aspect of accounting.
Adjusted
It is a statement that contains balances of all account after all the adjusting entries has been made.
Income Statement:
It is a financial statement that shows the
It is a financial statement that shows the amount of profit retained by the company for future unforeseen events.
Closing Entries:
These entries are made for those items whose balance needs to be zero for the next accounting period otherwise data from two accounting periods will get mixed.
Balance sheet shows the financial position of a firm. It consists of assets, liabilities, and the
1.
To prepare: Ledger account, according to balance column format.
2.
To prepare: Journal entry and post them to ledger account.
3.
To prepare: An unadjusted trial balance.
4.
a.
To prepare: Adjusting entry.
b.
To prepare: Adjusting entry.
c.
To prepare: Adjusting entry.
d.
To prepare: Adjusting entry.
e.
To prepare: Adjusting entry.
5.
To prepare: An adjusted trial balance, income statement, statement of retained earnings and balance sheet.
6.
To prepare: Closing entries.
7.
To prepare: A post closing trial balance.
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