Accounts that report on activities related to
one or more future accounting periods; they
carry their ending balances into the next
Recurring steps in preparing financial
statement performed each accounting period,
beginning with analyzing transactions and
ending with a post-closing trial balance or
Accounts that accumulate data related to
one accounting period only; they include
income statement accounts, dividends, and
Various analyses and internal documents
prepared by accountants when organizing
information for internal and external decision
A temporary account only used for the
closing process that contains a credit for the
sum of all revenues and a debit for the sum of
A widely used working paper that is a
useful tool for preparers in working with
accounting information, usually not available
Entries used to transfer end-of-period
balances in revenue, expense, and dividends
accounts to the permanent retained earnings
A list of permanent accounts and their