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Why do companies need adjusting journal entries?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 2 Last Update: November 18, 2006     Asked by: johnmathew986 
  
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April 14, 2006 06:25:11   #1  
rajkalyan        

RE: Why do companies need adjusting journal entries?
Current account balances may not represent correct balances due to following reasons:
a. Company made mistakes in preparing journal entries in the past.
b. Accounting records are not updated to reflect new transactions or amount changes in previous transactions.

Adjusting journal entries are usually prepared at the end of an accounting period to update account balances to reflect correct balances as of the balance sheet date (the date at the end of an accounting period).

The timing differences in recognizing revenues and expenses between accrual basis and cash basis accounting are frequently corrected by adjusting journal entries.


 
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November 18, 2006 09:22:45   #2  
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RE: Why do companies need adjusting journal entries?

Adjusting entry need every end of month & end of year because The match priciple of accounting that means expense have to match revenue means the expenses or revenue has been occur but have not record need to be adjusted.Like wages accrual the last few days of the month but paid on next month; also interest accrual the interest has been occour but not record yet.


 
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