100% Discount || Financial Accounting-Adjusting Entries & Financial Statement

Adjusting entries, posting adjusting entries to a worksheet, financial statement creation from an adjusted trial balance, and reversing entries will be covered in this course.

The adjusting entry process is a fundamental bookkeeping and accounting process but is often the accounting process most misunderstood.

Because of the name of accounting adjusting entry process we are led to believe that we are adjusting errors made by the accounting department. In other words, we may get the idea that the adjusting process would not be needed if the accounting department did their work perfectly through the period. This assumption of the adjusting process fixing errors is not the primary purpose for the adjusting process.

The adjusting process is a necessary part of the accounting cycle and one that is built into the accounting system. In other words, we plan for the adjusting process, and part of the plan is to enter normal accounting transactions in such a way that we will most easily be able to make adjustments at the end of the time period.

The adjusting process helps significantly with the understanding of accrual concepts because the adjusting process focuses on timing differences, on when revenue and expense should be recognized.

We enter adjusting entries as of the end of the period. Adjusting entries will have a balance sheet component and an income statement component.

Topics include the adjusting process, posting the adjusting entries to a worksheet, creation of the financial statements, and reversing entries. 

The adjusting process takes place after normal business transaction have been entered. Adjusting entries help us better understand the accrual process because they deal with timing differences. 

We will use a worksheet to record the adjusting process and discuss the components of the worksheet. 

Once we have completed the adjusting process we will have an adjusted trial balance representing account balances that are as accurate as possible according to accrual accounting. 

We will then use the adjusted trial balance to create the financial statements, converting the debit and credit format of the adjusted trial balance to the plus and minus format of the financial statements. 

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CPE (Continuing Professional Education)

Learning Objectives

1. List the components of the accounting cycle and identify where the adjusting journal entries fit into it.

2. List the four categories of adjusting journal entries

3. Describe prepaid expense adjusting journal entries and list examples

4. Explain what unearned revenue adjusting journal entries are and list examples

5. Define what accrued expense adjusting journal entries are and list examples

6. Describe what accrued revenue journal entries are and list examples

7. List and describe the general characteristics of adjusting journal entries

8. Compare adjusting journal entries to most journal entries that happen during the accounting cycle

9. Explain what an adjusting journal entries worksheet is and why it is useful

10. List the most common adjusting journal entries

11. Describe the characteristics of reversing entries and list common reversing entries

12. Describe how to create a balance sheet from an adjusted trial balance

13. Explain how to create an income statement form an adjusted trial balance

14. Explain how to create a statement of equity from an adjusted trial balance

15. Describe the relationship between the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of equity

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