This document discusses the accounting cycle for a corporation, including adjusting, closing, and reversing entries. It explains how to close accounts with credit or debit balances, record net income, dividends, and reversing entries. The accounting cycle steps are outlined as: 1) recording transactions, 2) posting to journals and ledgers, 3) preparing a work sheet and financial statements, 4) making adjusting and closing entries, 5) preparing a post-closing trial balance, and 6) making reversing entries.

1. LESSON 22-4
Adjusting, Closing, and
Reversing Entries for a
Corporation
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ADJUSTING ENTRIES
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LESSON 22-4

3. CLOSING ENTRY FOR ACCOUNTS
WITH CREDIT BALANCES
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1. Enter the balance of accounts in the Income Statement credit
column as a debit.
2. Enter the total of the debit entries as a credit to Income Summary.
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4. CLOSING ENTRY FOR ACCOUNTS
WITH DEBIT BALANCES
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1. Enter the account
title Income
Summary.
2. Enter the balance
of every account in
the Income
Statement debit
column as a credit.
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3. Enter the total of
the credit entries
as a debit to
Income Summary.
LESSON 22-4

5. CLOSING ENTRY TO RECORD
NET INCOME
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1. Debit Income Summary.
2. Credit Retained Earnings.
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CLOSING ENTRY FOR DIVIDENDS
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1. Debit Retained Earnings.
2. Credit Dividends.
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REVERSING ENTRIES
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1. Reverse the entry that
created a balance in
Interest Receivable.
2. Reverse the entry that
created a balance in
Interest Payable.
3. Reverse the entry that
created a balance in
Federal Income Tax
Payable.
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ACCOUNTING CYCLE FOR A MERCHANDISING
BUSINESS ORGANIZED AS A CORPORATION
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1. Source documents are
checked for accuracy, and
transactions are analyzed into
debit and credit parts.
2. Transactions, from information
on source documents, are
recorded in journals.
3. Journal entries are posted to
the accounts payable,
accounts receivable, and
general ledgers.
4. Schedules of accounts
payable and accounts
receivable are prepared from
the subsidiary ledgers.
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LESSON 22-4

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BUSINESS ORGANIZED AS A CORPORATION
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5. A work sheet, including a trial
balance and an adjustment for
federal income tax expense, is
prepared from the general
ledger.
6. Financial statements are
prepared from the work sheet.
7. Adjusting and closing entries are
journalized from the work sheet
and posted to the general ledger.
8. A post-closing trial balance of the
general ledger is prepared.
9. Reversing entries are journalized
and posted to the general ledger.
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ACCOUNTING CYCLE FOR A MERCHANDISING
BUSINESS ORGANIZED AS A CORPORATION
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5. A work sheet, including a trial
balance and an adjustment for
federal income tax expense, is
prepared from the general
ledger.
6. Financial statements are
prepared from the work sheet.
7. Adjusting and closing entries are
journalized from the work sheet
and posted to the general ledger.
8. A post-closing trial balance of the
general ledger is prepared.
9. Reversing entries are journalized
and posted to the general ledger.
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LESSON 22-4