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Nine Steps of the Accounting Cycle occur in every "reporting period" and are used in order to determine the verity of transactions and to prepare for both staff personnel and clients the financial statements for that period (Miller, 2015). This paper will discuss these Nine Steps in detail and show why they are important as well as what happens when inaccuracies arise.
The first step is to Analyze the Transaction. This means that one preparing the report needs to collect all the relevant data related to that account or balance sheet in which transactions and events transpired.
The second step is to place all the transactions (record them) in the Journal. This means recording everywhere that money moves, in and out. This is important to show what the money is doing -- and if it is not recorded properly, there will be an imbalance in the accounting, and the entire ledger will be off, which means that the entire book will have to be gone through again in order to identify what was missed or mistakenly reported. Not doing this can cause serious accounting problems, which can be costly.
The third step is to post entries into the Ledger, as stated above -- this means transferring from the...
The general ledger is the "company's main accounting records" -- an official record of "assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses" (General Ledger, 2015).
The fourth step is to prepare the unadjusted trial balance. This is the essential list of accounts/balances at any given point in the history of the period. This step is necessary before proceeding to the placing of the adjusted entries and if it is skipped, the adjusting entries will be more difficult to place, because the main purpose of the trial balance is to show that the "debits equal the credits" (Steps to the Accounting Cycle, 2015).
The fifth step is to adjust entries accordingly, meaning that it is necessary at this point to make sure the balances to their proper amount along with the expenses. This is critical for maintaining the integrity of the accounting report.
The sixth step is then to prepare an adjusted trial balance and it allows the accountant to make sure that the debits do in fact match the credits and it is also the key go-to for preparing the financial report.
The seventh step is to organize the accounts into the report by establishing them…
References
General Ledger. (2015). Investopedia. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/generalledger.asp
Miller, M. (2015). The Nine Steps in the Accounting Cycle. Market Systems.
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Steps to the Accounting Cycle. (2015). AustinCC. Retrieved from http://www.austincc.edu/accting/toolbox/documents/Steps%20to%20Accounting%20Cycle%20transcript.pdf
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