The balance sheet or the statement of financial position is one of the major components of financial statements, which include the income statement, statement of cash flow, statement of changes in equity and the notes to financial statements. The balance sheet gives readers of … [Read more...]
Examples of Adjusting Journal Entries in Accounting
In our previous post titled how to make adjusting journal entries (AJE), we have discussed the common types of adjusting entries, namely, accrued revenues, accrued expenses, unearned revenues, prepaid expenses, depreciation (estimation), change in accounting estimate, and prior … [Read more...]
How to Make Adjusting Journal Entries
In our previous article, we’ve discussed about the preparation of a trial balance. After the trial balance is prepared, we need to ensure that our accounting records are accurate and our financial reports will be fairly presented. Adjusting journal entries (AJE) are necessarily … [Read more...]
How to Prepare a Trial Balance
A trial balance is an internal accounting statement prepared to check the accuracy of the company’s accounting records. As the “trial” on its name suggests, it is made to check if there are errors committed during the accounting process, which involves journalizing and posting … [Read more...]
How to Post Journal Entries to the General Ledger
After journalizing your business transactions, that is, recording them in the general or special journals, the next step is to post those journal entries in the general ledger accounts. To learn about recording transactions in the general journal, please read our previous article … [Read more...]