Which of the following accounts will be closed to the Capital account at the end of the fiscal year?
All revenue and expense accounts should be closed to the income summary account, as shown:
Revenue xx
Income Summary xx
To close revenue accounts.
Income Summary x
Expenses x
To close expense accounts.
If the business is a merchandising company, the following transactions must also be recorded.
Income Summary xx
Inventory xx
To close opening inventory.
Inventory xx
Income Summary xx
To record ending inventory.
Supplies Expense
unearned rent
profit and loss account
All income and expenditure accounts are closed at Year End. and the balance is is shown on the Balance Sheet at Year end.
All Sales and Expense accounts are closed and the balancing figure is shown on the Balance Sheet.
Income Summary
ALL EXPENSE ACCOUNTS ARE CLOSED OUT AND AMOUNT ID DEBITED OR CREDITED INTO CAPITAL ACCOUNT TO SETUP BOOKS FOR BEGINNING OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
Assets, liabilities and capital Revenues, expenses and withdrawals
Salaries expense is not a permanent account because it will ultimately be closed to retained earning account at the end of fiscal year and from new year salaries expense account start with nill balance.
A draw or drawing account is a temporary account used by proprietorships and partnerships to record withdrawals by the owners. Draw accounts are contra-equity and have a debit balance. Entries in a draw account are typically closed to the owner's capital account at the end of a period.
The accounting equation never changesassets = liabilities + owners equityAt the end of the year, accounts are closed out, such as expense accounts and revenue and are begun with a "0" balance for the new accounting cycle (fiscal or calendar year).
Drawing account is the contra account of capital account which is used to show the withdrawel of owners from business during fiscal year and at the end of the year it is ultimately closed in capital account that's why it is a temporary account.
Fiscal years means the minimum accounting period for which books of accounts are maintained and business activity is performed.
A fiscal year is used to maintain records of accounts from march 1st to feb 28,majority of businesss use fusal year as there r many enteries left like for eg,accounts payable, receivable to be entered in book of accounts after dec 31st so its convenient to use fiscal year to maintain proper records of accounts where as normal calender year is from 1st jan to 31st dec in which a year transaction or entries cannot be transferred into another.
Balance sheet of the company shows the total amount of accounts payable for a fiscal year of business.