
Concept explainers
(a)
Multi Step Income Statement: A multiple step income statement refers to the income statement that shows the operating and non-operating activities of the business under separate head. In different steps of the multi-step income statement, principal operating activities are reported that starts from the record of sales revenue with all contra sales revenue account like sales returns, allowances and sales discounts.
Classified Balance Sheet: This is a financial statement where the assets, liabilities, and
Closing Entries: Closing entries are those journal entries which are passed to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to the permanent accounts. These are passed at the end of the accounting period, to transfer the final balance.
Rules for closing entries:
- Debit the account: All temporary accounts with credit balances.
- Credit the account: All temporary accounts with debit balances
To Prepare: Multiple-step income statement, retained earnings statement, and classified balance sheet.
(b)
To prepare: Adjusting entries.
(c)
To prepare: Closing entries.

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