What are adjustment entries?

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Krishna Burli

they are the entries which are to be made directly in final accounts, that is trading and profit & loss account and balance sheet. They are unrecorded transactions.
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Adjusting entries are usually made on the last day of an accounting period (year, quarter, month) so that the financial statements reflect the revenues that have been earned and the expenses that were incurred during the accounting period.
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Adjustment entries are passed for the following reasons : 1. To provide for accrued, unaccrued incomes & outstanding & prepaid expenses respectively at the end of the year to conform to ACCRUAL fundamental assumption of accountancy. 2. To rectify the errors of previous accounting periods in current...
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Adjustment entries are passed for the following reasons : 1. To provide for accrued, unaccrued incomes & outstanding & prepaid expenses respectively at the end of the year to conform to ACCRUAL fundamental assumption of accountancy. 2. To rectify the errors of previous accounting periods in current accounting period. 3. To give effect to change in accounting policies having retrospective effect on the financial records. read less
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Adjustment word means to adjust. So broadly it is called. Party pays advance on raising a sale bill the advance is adjusted, The entry passed is called adjustment also.Similarly transfer of amount from one personal account to another personal or one real account to another real account is also called...
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Adjustment word means to adjust. So broadly it is called. Party pays advance on raising a sale bill the advance is adjusted, The entry passed is called adjustment also.Similarly transfer of amount from one personal account to another personal or one real account to another real account is also called adjustment. These entries need not be passed only on last day but anytime of the year. read less
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