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MASTERING ADJUSTING ENTRIES:
 136 pages [55 self-teaching + 81 quizzes/ans.]

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Members pay $39
Non-members pay $49

 

Section 1: Why we use accruals, deferrals and other adjustments. The difference between cash basis and accrual basis accounting.

Section 2: Accrued revenue. How to record accrued revenue. Examples of different kinds of accrued revenue. Computing and accruing interest receivable. How failure to accrue revenue affects the financial statements.

Section 3: Accrued expenses. How to record accrued expenses. Examples of different kinds of accrued expenses. Computing and recording interest payable. How failure to accrue expenses affects the financial statements.

Section 4: Revenue collected in advance (unearned revenue). How to record unearned revenue. How to accrue revenue earned when the revenue collected was originally recorded in a revenue account v. an unearned revenue account.

Section 5: Prepaid (deferred) expenses. Recording prepayments and adjustments. How to accrue expenses when prepayments were recorded in an expense account v. a prepaid (asset) account.

Section 6: Other adjusting entries. How to compute and record the adjusting entry for bad debt expense for tax purposes using the direct write-off method and for book purposes using the allowance method based on a percentage of credit sales v. accounts receivable. Adjustments for depreciation and certain cash accounts.

Section 7: From unadjusted to adjusted trial balance. The chart of accounts. Preparing the unadjusted trial balance, entering the adjustments and preparing the adjusted trial balance. A summary of how the adjusted trial balance is used to prepare the income statement, balance sheet and statement of retained earnings. Basics of the post-closing trial balance.

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