Insurance account is expense account and expense account is closed in income summary account. Insurance account should be credited where as income summary account should be debited
debit Income Summary; credit Insurance Expense
account period accounting period depends on the person carrying the business. Normaly it starts from 1st april. people may have calendar year as an accounting year.
Determining their existence and ensuring that they are recorded in the appropriate accounting period
Final accounts are closed accounts at the end of a period in accounting. Final accounts cannot be changed and represent the transactions in an accounting period.
Prepaid expenses are the part of nominal account expenses which are not used during the current accounting period. They cannot be charged to profit and loss account as per matching concept. They find place in balance sheet and written off in the next accounting period.
A sundry account is a corporate account typically used for recording miscellaneous items for which an appropriate account has not yet been established. Sundry accounts are usually temporary or in-process accounts, meaning they must be cleared to a zero balance (total debits must equal total credits) at the end of each accounting period.
In the same period in which the sale on account occurs.
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closing entries
You have insurance coverage if you paid the premium required for that policy. The coverage will pay appropriate types of claims during the period of time of that policy.
Accounting period is the minimum time period for which comany prepare it's books of accounts.
The adjusted trial balance reflects the balance of each account on the ledger. If there is a $1000 debit to Cash and a $200 credit to Cash in the same accounting period, the balance on the ledger will be $800 Cash. This $800 Cash balance will be reflected on the adjusted trial balance. In sum, the adjusted trial balance reflects the net of an account each accounting period.