Financial Accounting Methods- PDF

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The assignment is intended to use financial accounting methods to verify the financial
parameters of AC&DC Ltd as an accounting assistant. The accounting methods are
mainly used by preparing Journal, Ledger and Trial balance. The results are accurate
financial statements of AC&DC Ltd. Company.

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Explain an accounting cycle
Accounting cycle is the process of processing and recording all financial transactions of
an organization. This cycle is closed into one cycle from transaction taking place, to
generating financial statements, until closing the transaction. This cycle is repeated
every fiscal year as long as the company is still active. And the main task of the financial
accountant is to follow the full accounting cycle from start to finish.
The accounting cycle usually has eight basic steps:
1. Transactions: The process begins with financial transactions. Financial
transactions can include any asset purchases, sales or maintenance
expenses, and debt payments are all financial transactions that will initiate the
process.
2. Journal Entries: After the transactions are established. It will be logged into the
company’s journal entry chronologically. When there are either debits or
credits, they should always be in balance with each other on the journal entry.
Journal entry is a record of the company’s financial transactions. During a fiscal
year cycle, the journal entry records financial activities chronologically.
3. Posting to the General Ledger: The entries are then posted to a general
ledger, where summaries of all transactions for individual accounts can be
seen. The ledger, also known as the end-of-period storage book. Ledger
entries are changes made to each account in your ledger. Using your log,
organize transactions into different accounts. For example, if the customer
pays for the product with cash, enter the transaction with the cash account in
your books.
4. Trial Balance: At each end of the accounting cycle (known as a fiscal year), the
total balances are charged to the accounts. These debit or credit accounts must
be equal to produce accurate results. Can use an unadjusted trial balance to
check. If the total balance of all debits and credits is not equal to each other,
then you have made an error and need to adjust the above items.
5. Adjusting Entries: At the end of the accounting period, there may be unpaid
expenses incurred. Or, maybe you have more income but haven’t really earned
it yet. At that time, use the adjusting entries to record financial transactions that
have taken place but have not yet been recorded.
6. Adjusting Trial Balance: After completion of adjusting entries, the next step
needs to be done is to check debited and credited fit together or not. This step is
called the adjusting trial balance.
7. Financial Statement: After completing the above steps, the next step is to
create your statement. Some of the popular financial reports are:
- Income statement
- Accounting balance sheet
- Statements of cash flows
These financial statements are prepared using the correct balances.
8. Closing: After the end of an accounting period, the revenue and expense
accounts will be closed. Because accounts for revenue and expenses
are