profit is when the company is making money and a loss is the company is not making money.
debit profit and losscredit owners capital account
The income summary is also referred to as the revenue summary or the profit and loss statement. It serves as a temporary account used to close revenue and expense accounts at the end of an accounting period.
Standard closing entries: Close Revenue accounts to Income Summary by debiting Revenue and crediting Income Summary. Close Expense accounts to Income Summary by debiting Income Summary and crediting Expense accounts. Close Income Summary to Capital account by debiting Income Summary and crediting Capital account. Close Withdrawals account to Capital account by debiting Capital account and crediting Withdrawals account.
Which of the following accounts will be closed to the Capital account at the end of the 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
debit owners capitalcredit drawings account
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
# Go to the Account Summary page. # On the navigation bar, click Settings. # Under Common tasks, click Close your account. # Verify that the correct Windows Live ID appears, type your password, and then click Yes.
debit Income Summary; credit Insurance Expense
All items in income statements are temporary accounts because at the year end all close to income summary account and transfer to balance sheet in shape of profit or loss to be income statement starts with zero from next year.
The four closing entries are used to close temporary accounts and prepare them for the next accounting period. They include closing revenue accounts to the Income Summary account, closing expense accounts to the Income Summary account, transferring the balance of the Income Summary account to the Retained Earnings account, and closing dividends (or withdrawals) accounts to the Retained Earnings account. These entries ensure that the temporary accounts reflect a zero balance at the start of the new period.
When you close an account you cancel the account, you delete it, if you close an account it won't be there later!!