Accrual accounting is one of the basic accounting principle and is followed all over the world. According to this principle, revenues should be recognized when they are earned, no matter payment is received or not. On the other hand, expenses are…
Reversing entries are the important journal entries in the accounting. It actually helps a lot in implementation of the accrual basis of accounting which requires the recording of expenses and revenue items in the month/ year to which they relate. No matter whether the…
Trial balance is a simple list of all the balance of the ledger accounts. Usually trial balance is prepared at the end of the accounting period. Most of the organizations prepare monthly financial statements. So, trail balance is also prepared at…
Post closing trial balance is just like an adjusted trial balance but the major difference is that it incorporates the effect of closing entries. It means that those temporary accounts which were visible into the adjusted trial balance are no longer visible in…
Ledger Accounts and Posting to Ledger Accounts Ledger accounts are the T accounts. The data are posted to the debit and credit side of the relevant ledger account from the journal entries. We have discussed the journal entries in detail earlier.…
Journal Entries Journal entries are a way to record financial transaction. It simultaneously records a debit and a credit to a particular account balance. All over the world, double-entry system of accounting is used to record financial transactions. The result…
Compound Journal Entry Compound entry or compound journal entry is the combination of two or more simple entry. It involves more than one debit or credit. In simple entry, we have only one debit and credit. However, in compound entry,…
Closing Entries Closing entries are the tool to close the temporary accounts and are passed to transfer the balances of the temporary accounts into the permanent accounts. These closing entries are made on the basis of accounts in the adjusted trial…
Adjusting Entries Adjusting entries are passed in order to comply with accrual basis of accounting. This is to ensure that revenues and expenses are recognized in the accounts in the month to which they relate. These are necessary entries to present…
Adjusted Trial Balance As we have discussed that you cannot prepare accounts on the basis of unadjusted trial balance. Because it does not have the effect of adjusting entries, we cannot do final accounting such as preparation of income statement, balance sheet…