Accounting rules regarding journal entries:
- Balance increases when: Assets, losses, and expenses get debited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get credited.
- Balance decrease when: Assets, losses, and expenses get credited and liabilities, gains, and revenue get debited.
Journal Entries: It is a book of original entries. It records and summarizes the financial transaction of an entity chronologically, generally according to the dual aspect of accounting.
Adjusted
Income Statement: It is a financial statement that shows the
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To prepare: T-account with balances of unadjusted trial balance.
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To prepare: Adjusting entries.
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To prepare: Ledger account and trial balance.
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To prepare: Income statement and statement of retained earnings and balance sheet.
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