The document outlines the key steps and accounts in preparing final accounts:
1) The trading account is prepared first to calculate gross profit/loss from buying and selling goods. This allows comparing current gross profit to previous years.
2) The profit and loss account is then prepared, with expenses on the debit side and incomes on the credit side. If credit exceeds debit it is net profit, and vice versa for net loss.
3) Finally, the balance sheet is prepared using the information from the trading and profit/loss accounts. It presents the assets, liabilities, and capital of the business at a point in time, revealing its financial position.
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The Effect of Internal Auditing on Financial Reporting Internal Bias or Total Compliance
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The Effect of Internal Auditing on Financial Reporting Internal Bias or Total Compliance
The document outlines the key steps and accounts in preparing final accounts:
1) The trading account is prepared first to calculate gross profit/loss from buying and selling goods. This allows comparing current gross profit to previous years.
2) The profit and loss account is then prepared, with expenses on the debit side and incomes on the credit side. If credit exceeds debit it is net profit, and vice versa for net loss.
3) Finally, the balance sheet is prepared using the information from the trading and profit/loss accounts. It presents the assets, liabilities, and capital of the business at a point in time, revealing its financial position.
The document outlines the key steps and accounts in preparing final accounts:
1) The trading account is prepared first to calculate gross profit/loss from buying and selling goods. This allows comparing current gross profit to previous years.
2) The profit and loss account is then prepared, with expenses on the debit side and incomes on the credit side. If credit exceeds debit it is net profit, and vice versa for net loss.
3) Finally, the balance sheet is prepared using the information from the trading and profit/loss accounts. It presents the assets, liabilities, and capital of the business at a point in time, revealing its financial position.
FINAL ACCOUNTS Introduction: The trail balance marks a definite stage in the preparation of accounts. It indicates the all the transactions for a particular period have been duly entered in the book, properly posted and balanced. The agreement of trail balance proves two things: that 1) The record has been made of both the aspects of each transaction; and 2) The book are arithmetically accurate.
final accounts
Trading & Profit & Loss A/C Balance Sheet
TRADING ACCOUNT, PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT The first step in the preparation of final accounts is the preparation of the trading account. The main purpose of preparing a Trading Account is two-fold : 1)to ascertain gross profit and loss as a result of buying and selling of goods; and 2) to enable management to make a comparison of gross profit or gross loss of the current year with that of previous years.
The Businessman is always interested in knowing his net
income or net profit. Net profit represents the excess of gross profit plus other revenue incomes over sales expense including sales costs and other expenses. The debit side of P&L a/c shows the expenses and the credit side the incomes. If the total of the credit side is more, it will be net profit. And if the debit side happens to be more, it would be net loss. BALANCE SHEET This forms the second part of the Final Accounts. It is prepared after the trading and profit and loss accounts have been complied and closed . A Balance Sheet may be described as a statement of the financial position of a concern at a given date. The financial position of a concern is revealed by its assets on a given date and its liabilities on that date. Excess of assets over liabilities represents Capital. Such excess may be taken as an indicator of the financial soundness of a concern.