Transactional Analysis
Journal Entries
Adjusting Entries
Closing Entries
Debits, Credits, Definitions & More!
100

The resulting effect on the balance sheet equation if a company using accrual accounting purchases $400 of computer paper on account.

What is a $400 increase in assets and liabilities?

100

This journal entry results if a company using accrual accounting bills a client for $10,000 of consulting services that were provided to the client during the current period.

What is a $10,000 debit to Accounts Receivable and a $10,000 credit to Service Revenue?


100

This adjusting entry is required if a trial balance shows $500 of supplies and $50 of supplies remain on hand at the end of the period. 

What is a $450 debit to Supplies Expense and a $450 credit to Supplies?

100

This closing entry is required to close the dividends account if the adjusted trial balance shows $800 of dividends.

What is an $800 debit to Retained Earnings and an $800 credit to Dividends?

100

The term used to describe the process of transferring information from the journal entries into the ledger accounts

What is posting?

200

The resulting effect on a company's balance sheet equation if there is a $100,000 investment in the company.

What is a $100,000 increase in assets and stockholders' equity?

200

This journal entry results if a company using accrual accounting receives a $1,000 bill from the utilities company on the last day of the period for the current period's utilities

What is a $1,000 debit to Utilities Expense and a $1,000 credit to Accounts Payable?

200

This adjusting entry is required at the end of the current accounting period if a trial balance shows $100,000 of unearned service revenue and the company provides $10,000 of services during the current period.


What is a $10,000 debit to Unearned Service Revenue and a $10,000 credit to Service Revenue?

200

This closing entry is required to close out the revenue account if the adjusted trial balance shows $40,000 of Sales Revenue

What is a $40,000 debit to Sales Revenue and a $40,000 credit to Income Summary?

(Close Income Summary by debiting Income Summary and crediting Retained Earnings)

200

The types of accounts that are increased by debits and decreased by credits

What are assets, expenses and dividends accounts?

300

The resulting effect on the balance sheet equation if a company pays $25,000 in dividends.

What is a $25,000 decrease in assets and stockholders' equity?

300

This journal entry is recorded on the date a company using accrual accounting borrows $10,000 and signs a 2%, six-month note

What is a $10,000 debit to Cash and a $10,000 credit to Notes Payable? 

300

This adjusting entry is required at the end of the current accounting period if a company uses $500 of utilities during the current period and the utilities bill arrives during the next accounting period.

What is a $500 debit to Utilities Expense and a $500 credit to Accounts Payable?

300

An example of an account that is not closed at the end of the period

What is a balance sheet account (Ex. asset, liability, common stock and retained earnings)?



300

The amount of net income or net loss recorded this period if a company using accrual accounting has the following events during the current period:

Provides $2,000 of goods on account

Pays $4,000 for next period's utilities

Pays $500 for the current period's advertising

What is $1,500 of net income?

$2,000 Sales Revenue - $500 Advertising Expense = $1,500 Net Income

400

The resulting effect on the balance sheet equation if a company using accrual accounting purchases $80,000 of equipment, pays $20,000 cash and signs a 2%, five-year note for the balance.

What is a $60,000 increase in assets and liabilities?

400

This journal entry results if a company using accrual accounting pays $500 for airline tickets for a trip that will take place during the next accounting period

What is a $500 debit to Prepaid Tickets and a $500 credit to Cash?


400

This adjusting entry is required at March 31, 2023, if a company using accrual accounting borrows $8,000 on January 1, 2023, signs a 2%, six-month note and issues financial statements every March 31

What is a $40 debit to Interest Expense and a $40 credit to Interest Payable?

$8,000 x .02 x 3/12 = $40

400

The types of accounts that are closed at the end of the accounting period

What are revenues, expenses and dividends?

400

This type of trial balance lists account balances for the next accounting period

What is a post-closing trial balance?

500

The resulting effect on the balance sheet equation if a company using accrual accounting receives a $500 cash advance for services that will be provided during future accounting periods

What is a $500 increase assets and liabilities?

500

This journal entry results if a company pays a $5,000 existing obligation?

What is a $5,000 debit to Accounts Payable and a $5,000 credit to Cash?


500

This adjusting entry is required at the end of the current accounting period if a trial balance shows $50,000 of equipment and the company depreciates the equipment at a rate of $1,000 each period.

What is a $1,000 debit to Depreciation Expense and a $1,000 credit to Accumulated Depreciation?

500

This type of account is NOT listed on a post-closing trial balance?

What is a temporary account (Ex. revenues, expenses and dividends)?

500

The required steps in completing the accounting cycle for a company using accrual accounting

What is journalizing, posting entries to the ledger, creating a trial balance, preparing and posting adjusting entries, preparing an adjusted trial balance, preparing financial statements, preparing and posting closing entries and preparing a post-closing trial balance?