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Financial Statements

A financial statement is a record of the financial activities of a person or business entity where all related financial information are presented in an orderly manner and can be easily understood.

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What accounts are closed to income summary at the end of the fiscal year?

All Sales and Expense accounts are closed and the balancing figure is shown on the Balance Sheet.

What is meant by the phrase generally accepted accounting principles?

GAAP help to ensure that financial information fairly presents a firm's operating results and financial position.GAAP is important for uniformity reasons. Any where in the world as long as the two companies are operating in the same industry you can easy compare them simple because of GAAP.