
Concept explainers
(a)
Retained Earnings are the total earnings of the company to be reinvested into the business after distributing the dividend to Shareholders.
Income Summary:
The Income summary is the summary prepared at the end of a period for all the revenues and expenses. The excess of revenues over expenses is referred to as Net Profit and the excess of expenses over revenues is referred to as Net Loss.
Post-Closing
Post-closing trial balance is the statement of trial balance which is prepared after journalizing the closing entries and posting them to the respective ledgers.
Closing entries:
Closing entries are those
To Prepare: The closing entries as on July 31, 2015, Accounts of Income Summary and Retained Earnings and Post Closing Trial Balance.
(c)
Prepare Post-Closing Trial Balance

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