At the end of the accounting period, the Revenue and Expense accounts are closed to the Income Summary account. The balances from these accounts are transferred to the Income Summary, which then reflects the net income or loss for the period. Finally, the Income Summary account is closed to Retained Earnings, updating the equity section of the balance sheet.
Depreciation Expense
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It would be closed to this summary. This is because they are considered a form of contra revenue accounts.
income summary account.
Depreciation Expense
Accounts receivable
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It would be closed to this summary. This is because they are considered a form of contra revenue accounts.
income summary account.
Depreciation Expense
income summary
Income Summary
All Sales and Expense accounts are closed and the balancing figure is shown on the Balance Sheet.
All revenue and expense accounts should be closed to the income summary account, as shown:Revenue xxIncome Summary xxTo close revenue accounts.Income Summary xExpenses xTo close expense accounts.If the business is a merchandising company, the following transactions must also be recorded.Income Summary xxInventory xxTo close opening inventory.Inventory xxIncome Summary xxTo record ending inventory.Supplies Expense
At the end of the fiscal year, permanent accounts, also known as real accounts, are not closed to the Income Summary. These accounts include assets, liabilities, and equity accounts, such as cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and retained earnings. Instead, they carry their balances forward into the next accounting period. In contrast, temporary accounts like revenues and expenses are closed to the Income Summary to prepare for the new fiscal year.
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