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What is an adjusting entry?

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journal entries recorded to update general ledger accounts at the end of a fiscal period.

it is made to prevent or correct errors that may happen in the system.

To see how to make an adjusting entry, visit:

http://www.accounting7.com/content/exercise-adjusting-account-entries-accounting

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Adjusting entries are journal entries which are normally made to allocate income or expenditure to the accounting period in which they actually occured.

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