ADM 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: General Ledger, Trial Balance, Retained Earnings

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Record journal entries in the general journal. At the end of the period (record in journal and post to ledger) Prepare an unadjusted trial balance to determine if debits = credits. Adjust revenues and expenses and related statement of financial positions accounts. Prepare an adjusted trial balance to determine if debits equals credits. Prepare a complete set of financial statements and disseminate it to users. Close revenues, gains, expenses and losses to retained earnings (record in journal and post to ledger) Account: a standardized record used by companies to accumulate the dollar effects of transactions. A chart of accounts: each company creates a list of accounts to record its transactions - called a chart of accounts. Understand business model: determines what kind of revenues and expenses a business will have. Assets, liabilities and shareholders equity = end of last year"s. Revenue and expenses = set to 0, they are temporary accounts. Transactions are events that are measurable and realized.

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