Adjusting entries are journal entries which are normally made to allocate income or expenditure to the accounting period in which they actually occured.
Journal entries are those entries which are recorded first time when any transaction occured while adjusting entries are only recorded when there is any adjustment required in previously created journal entry.
Adjusting entries are made for different reasons like errors in previous journal entries or adjustment at month end or year end for accruals etc.
The entries such as "Rectification Entries", "Adjustment Entries", "Closing or Opening Entries" and Making or Providing for estimates are passed through an internal document called Journal Voucher. Book Entries are classified as: 1) Purchase Order Based Entries - Booking expenses and liability via GRN against a P.O 2) Sales Order Based Entries - Booking Sales & Scrap Sales 3) Treasury Entries - Entries involving Bank or Cash 4) Debit Notes 5) Credit Notes 6) Journal Entries Journal Voucher is the document through which the Journal Entries are made into the books.
Important entries in profit and loss account are..... 1. Depreciation 2. Bad Debts 3. Interest on capital & drawings 4. Prepaid expenses 5. outstanding expenses ......etc
There are two kind of adjusting entries1 - Month end adjusting entries2 -General adjusting entriesMonth end adjusting entries are created at last date of month while other journal entries are dated when any adjustment required or error found.
Adjustment of accrued expenses means to adjust the previously recorded accruals like prepaid expenses or outstanding liabilities etc.
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Correcting entries correct errors. Adjusting entries fine tune the accounts.
Closing entries comes first as name shows post closing entries are after closing entries and it is as simple as name suggests.
Journal entries are recorded as soon as financial transaction occures while adjusting entries are made to rectify the previously made journal entries.
General journal entries are transactions that you use to track general expenses. You would enter a general journal adjustment in an accounting package for a special situation only.
Adjusting entries helps to achieve the principle of double entries