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An adjusted trial balance is a listing of all company accounts that will appear on the financial statements after year-end adjusting journal entries have ... Skiptocontent Menu Home»AccountingCycle»AdjustedTrialBalance WhatisanAdjustedTrialBalance? Anadjustedtrialbalanceisalistingofallcompanyaccountsthatwillappearonthe financialstatements afteryear-endadjustingjournalentrieshavebeenmade. Preparinganadjustedtrialbalanceisthefifthstepinthe accountingcycle andisthelaststepbefore financialstatementscanbeproduced. Format Anadjustedtrialbalanceisformattedexactlylikeanunadjustedtrialbalance.Threecolumnsareusedtodisplaytheaccountnames,debits,andcreditswiththedebitbalanceslistedintheleftcolumnandthecreditbalancesarelistedontheright. Liketheunadjustedtrialbalance,theadjustedtrialbalanceaccountsareusuallylistedinorderoftheiraccountnumberorinbalancesheetorderstartingwiththe assets, liabilities,and equityaccounts andendingwith income and expenseaccounts. Boththedebitandcreditcolumnsarecalculatedatthebottomofatrialbalance.Aswiththe accountingequation,thesedebitandcredittotalsmustalwaysbeequal.Iftheyaren’tequal,thetrialbalancewaspreparedincorrectlyorthejournalentriesweren’ttransferredtotheledgeraccountsaccurately. Aswithallfinancialreports,trialbalancesarealwayspreparedwithaheading.Typically,theheadingconsistsofthreelinescontainingthecompanyname,nameofthetrialbalance,anddateofthereportingperiod. Preparation Therearetwomainwaystoprepareanadjustedtrialbalance.Bothwaysareusefuldependingonthesiteofthecompanyandchartofaccountsbeingused. Youcouldpostaccountstotheadjustedtrialbalanceusingthesamemethodusedincreatingtheunadjustedtrialbalance.TheaccountbalancesaretakenfromtheT-accountsorledgeraccountsandlistedonthetrialbalance.Essentially,youarejustrepeatingthisprocessagainexceptnowtheledgeraccountsincludetheyear-endadjustingentries. Youcouldalsotaketheunadjustedtrialbalanceandsimplyaddtheadjustmentstotheaccountsthathavebeenchanged.Inmanywaysthisisfasterforsmallercompaniesbecauseveryfewaccountswillneedtobealtered. Notethatonlyactiveaccountsthatwillappearonthefinancialstatementsmusttobelistedonthetrialbalance.Ifanaccounthasazerobalance,thereisnoneedtolistitonthetrialbalance. Example UsingPaul’s unadjustedtrialbalance andhis adjustedjournalentries,wecanpreparetheadjustedtrialbalance. Oncealltheaccountsareposted,youhavetochecktoseewhetheritisinbalance.Rememberthatalltrialbalances’debitandcreditsmustequal. Nowthatthetrialbalanceismade,itcanbepostedtothe accountingworksheet andthe financialstatements canbeprepared.   AdjustingEntriesFinancialStatements Contents1WhatisanAdjustedTrialBalance?2Format3Preparation4Example Searchfor: AccountingCycle Home AccountingTopics Resources Careers [i][i]



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