TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Fundamental accounting principles (21/e) - Chapter 4: Completing the accounting cycle

Lecture Fundamental accounting principles (21/e) - Chapter 4: Completing the accounting cycle. After completing this chapter you should be able to: Explain why temporary accounts are closed each period, identify steps in the accounting cycle, explain and prepare a classified balance sheet. | Completing the Accounting Cycle Chapter 4 Chapter 4: Completing the Accounting Cycle Benefits of a Work Sheet Aids the preparation of financial statements. Reduces possibility of errors. Links accounts and their adjustments. Assists in planning and organizing an audit. Helps in preparing interim financial statements. Shows the effects of proposed transactions. Not a required report. P 1 A work sheet is not a required report, yet using a manual or electronic work sheet has several potential benefits. Specifically, a work sheet: 1. Aids the preparation of financial statements. 2. Reduces the possibility of errors. 3. Links accounts and adjustments to their impacts in financial statements. 4. Assists in planning and organizing an audit of financial statements. 5. Helps in preparing interim financial statements. 6 Shows the effects of proposed transactions. FastForward Worksheet For the Month Ended December 31, 2013 P 1 The adjusted trial balance is prepared by combining the adjustments with the unadjusted balances for each account. As an example, the Prepaid Insurance account has a $2,400 debit balance in the Unadjusted Trial Balance columns. This $2,400 debit is combined with the $100 credit in the Adjustments columns to give Prepaid Insurance a $2,300 debit in the Adjusted Trial Balance columns. The totals of the Adjusted Trial Balance columns confirm the equality of debits and credits. Recording Closing Entries Resets revenue, expense, and withdrawal account balances to zero at the end of the period. Helps summarize a period’s revenues and expenses in the Income Summary account. Identify accounts for closing. Record and post closing entries. Prepare post-closing trial balance. C 1 The closing process is an important step at the end of an accounting period after financial statements have been completed. After the formal financial statements have been prepared, we may begin the process of closing the books and getting ready for the next accounting period. Income is .

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• Accounting cycle
• Completing the accounting cycle
• Classified balance sheet
• Accounting principles
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• Accounting worksheet
• The accounting cycle
• Financial information
• Post closing trial balance
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• Time period principle
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• Principles of financial accounting
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• Recording closing entries
• Close debit balances
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• Accounting information system
• The recording process
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• Adjusted trial balance
• Reporting financial results
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• Evaluating liquidity
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