ACCT-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Retained Earnings, Trial Balance, Financial Statement

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Chapter 4 adjustments, financial statements, and financial results. Adjustments are needed because cash is not always paid/received in the same period as the company earns the revenue or incurs the expense. Adjustments allows the company to state assets, liabilities, and revenues at the correct amount. On the income sheet, revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded in the same period as the revenues they"re related to. On the balance sheet, assets are recorded based on the leftover economic value and liabilities are recorded as amounts owed at the end of the period. Adjustments are only made at the end of the period. Depreciation allocates the cost of buildings, vehicles, and equipment to the period in which they are used. Contra-account an account that offsets or reduces another account. Adjustments always include one balance sheet account and one income statement account. Adjusted trial balance checks that the accounting records are still in balance after adjustments have been made.

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