ACCT 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Accounts Payable, Cash Flow, Trial Balance

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Closing entries formally transfer the balances of the revenue and expense accounts to a profit and loss (p&l) summary, then to retained profits. If p&l summary has a credit balance (profit made), so debit p&l summary and. Revenue and expenses accounts need to be closed off. Asset, liabilities and shareholder"s equity are carried forward as opening balance of the following period. Items in the p&l summary can be used as a basis for preparing the income statement and the items in the post-closing trial balance can be used to prepare the balance sheet. Recognition of revenue/ expense at the same time as cash inflow/ outflow: investor records a dividend cheque received from bhp billiton. Cr dividend revenue: a company makes a donation to university to support research. Recognition of revenue/ expense prior to cash flow: a lawyer performs services for a client in june 2012 and bills the client to be paid within 30 days.

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