ACC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Perpetual Inventory, Financial Statement, Retained Earnings

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Accounts store recorded monetary information from transactions, events, and arrangements. Chart of accounts comprehensive list of all accounts and their assigned account numbers. T-accounts format used to represent ledger accounts. Debit left side of a t-account. Credit right side of a t-account. Double-entry system for each transaction, event, or arrangement, the total dollar amount of debits must always equal the total dollar amount of credits. Permanent accounts the asset, liability, and shareholders" equity accounts whose balances at the end of the period are carried forward to the next period. Temporary accounts (periodic accounts) used to determine the changes in retained earnings that occur during a period. Contra account shows a reduction in a related account. Step 1 record the transactions, events, and arrangements in a journal. Step 2 post all journal entries to the accounts in the ledger. Step 3 prepare and post adjusting entries.

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