Financial Reporting and Analysis: - Session 2-Professor Raluca Ratiu, PHD
Financial Reporting and Analysis: - Session 2-Professor Raluca Ratiu, PHD
-Session 2-
Tied Together
Accrual Accounting for Revenues
Revenue recognition requires that revenue be recognized
(recorded) only when earned
General journal
• Tabular, chronological record where business activities are
captured in debits and credits
General ledger
• Listing of all accounts and their balances
• Accounts are grouped in 5 elements
oAssets
oLiabilities
oEquity
oRevenues
oExpenses
Journalizing and Posting
Journalize
• Recording a transaction in a journal
Posting
• Occurs after transactions are journalized
• Debits and credits in each journal entry are transferred
to their related general ledger accounts
Record in Post to the
Journal Ledger
The Account
What is an ‘account’?
• A record of increases and decreases for each asset,
liability, equity, revenue, or expense
• Chart of accounts: Listing of account titles and
identification codes
Lists the titles and numbers of all accounts found in the general ledger
T-Accounts
Always Always
on the on the
Left Right
Increases
in the
Cash
account
Accounts Receivable
Cash (A) (A)
(11) 1,200 1,200 (11)
Journalize and Post: Paid Principal
and Interest
(12) Jana Juice paid $40 for interest and repaid the $4,000
note payable.
Assets Liabilities
Cash $6,460 Accounts payable $ 500
(2) On June 1, Jana Juice purchases and installs new fixtures and
equipment for $10,200.
Record Advertising Expense
(6a) During June, Jana Juice sold energy drinks costing $600
to retail customers for $3,100 cash.
Record Cost of Sales
(6b) During June, Jana Juice recorded the cost of expense for
the sale of the inventory in (6a).
Sell Product on Account
(7a) During June, Jana Juice sold $1,100 of energy
drinks on account for $4,400.
Record Cost of Sales
(11) On June 30, Jana Juice paid $700 in rent expense for
June.
Paying Dividends to Shareholders
Deferrals Accruals
Deals with an amount Deals with an amount
previously recorded in a NOT previously recorded
balance sheet account in a balance sheet account
• Decreases a balance • Increases both a balance
sheet account and sheet account and an
increases an income income statement
statement account account
Deferrals
Accruals
Deferred (Unearned) Revenue
The process of allocating unearned revenue to
revenue