AFM101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Deferred Income, Deferral, Accrual

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Chapter 4: adjustments, financial statements, and the quality of earnings. Accounting cycle: the process used by entities to analyze and record transactions, adjust the records at the end of the period, prepare financial statements, and prepare the records for the next cycle. Trial balance: a list of all accounts with their balances that provides a check on the equality of the debits and credits. Materiality: suggests that minor items that would not influence decisions of financial statement users are to be treated in the easiest and most convenient manner. Permanent (real) accounts: the statement of financial position accounts whose ending balances are carried into the next accounting period. Temporary (nominal) accounts: statement of earnings (and sometimes dividends declared) accounts that are closed to retained earnings at the end of the accounting period. Closing entries: transfer balances in temporary accounts to retained earnings and establish zero balances in temporary accounts.

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