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In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.Imagine you start a business with your own $500,000. Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance
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You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date. In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances. In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business. This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement-skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life! You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records. It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger. In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts. In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable-money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts. Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts. Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset, and you will find out how to determine an owner's equity. Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation
