expense account ultimately reduces retained earnings and stockholders’
equity.
8. Debit Balance Credit Balance
Assets Liabilities
9. The ledger accounts are used to prepare financial statements. (These
10. The purpose of a journal is to maintain a chronological record of all
11. Special journals are used to record only specific types of transactions
12. The ledger is a collection of all accounts of the organization. It is the
13. Closing entries transfer the balances of the temporary (nominal)
14. A company closes its books at its accounting year-end but not all
companies end their year on December 31. Some companies choose a
15. The information recorded in the general journal includes the date,
16. The trial balance is a listing of all accounts and amounts in a