ACCT1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Deferral, Trial Balance, Financial Statement

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ACCT – Module 8
Accounting cycle 3: End of period adjustments and closing entries
The need for adjusting entries
During the accounting period
- We have recorded transactions in the journal, posted to the ledger and extracted a
trial balance
- The unadjusted trial balance reflects all the transactions recorded
- But it is incomplete because it omits transactions that affect more than one
accounting period
At the end of the accounting period
- Adjust the accounts – accrual accounting requires adjustments, including
journalising and posting the adjusting entries
- Closing the accounts, including journalising and posting the closing entries
- Preparing the financial statements
Five Categories of Adjusting Entries
1. Prepaid expenses
- Amounts paid for in advance of their use or consumption (e.g. insurance)
- 2 methods used to record payment (Cr cash in both)
o Asset method: initial transaction recorded as an asset
2. Accrued expenses
3. Accrued revenues
4. Unearned revenues
5. Depreciation
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Accounting cycle 3: end of period adjustments and closing entries. We have recorded transactions in the journal, posted to the ledger and extracted a trial balance. The unadjusted trial balance reflects all the transactions recorded. But it is incomplete because it omits transactions that affect more than one accounting period. Adjust the accounts accrual accounting requires adjustments, including journalising and posting the adjusting entries. Closing the accounts, including journalising and posting the closing entries. Five categories of adjusting entries: prepaid expenses. Amounts paid for in advance of their use or consumption (e. g. insurance)

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