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ACCOUNTING CYCLE STEPS ''
Definition
Accounting cycle is the process in which you identify the transaction,analyze the transaction,journal entries,post to ledger,then post to trail balance,then make adjusting entries,then make adjusting trail balance,the make financial statement from adjusting trail balance then close the revenue and expense into the income summary and profit and dividend is close into the retain earning.The whole process is called is Accounting cycle.
The step which is involved in accounting cycle is following
- Identify the transaction.
- analyze the transaction.
- journal entries.
- post to ledger.
- Trail balance.
- Adjusting entries.
- Adjusting trail balance.
- Financial statement.
- closing entries.
- post closing entries into ledger.
1. In which step you identify the transaction and source of transaction.
2. In which step you analyze the transaction even the cash is paid or receivables.
3. In which step make the journal entries the transaction in which journal entries one account is debit and the another is credit.
4. In which step the journal entries post to the ledger relevant account.
5. In which step the balance of the ledger is posted to the trail balance.
6. In which step you make a adjusting entries of the the remaining item or prepaid or payable items.
7. In which step the balance of the adjusting entries is posted to the trail balance and make the adjusting trail balance .
8.In which step make the financial statement from the adjusted trail balance i.e(income statement,statement of retain earning,balance sheet)
9.In which step the revenues and expenses are closed to the income summary and profit and dividend are closed in retain earning.
10.In which step post the closing entries balance in the relevant into ledger account.