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ACC 290 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection Summary

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Week Four Reflection Summary
ACC/290
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WEEK THREE REFLECTION SUMMARY
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Week Three Reflection Summary
Week three was very informative. The team members’ knowledge has continued to
increase in accounting. The team members learned about preparing closing entries, reversing
entries, and a post-closing trial balance. In addition, the team members gain knowledge about
preparing a financial statement worksheet, preparing a classified income statement, retained
earnings statement, and balance sheet.
The closing journal entries are important in the practice of accounting because at the end
of the accounting period it helps zero the balances of the temporary accounts, and transferring
the balances to the permanent accounts. On the other hand, some companies perform reversing
entries to make sure that they record their revenues in the period they earned them and that they
recognize their expenses in the period they incur. Companies execute reversing entries on the
first day of an accounting period to remove some adjusting entries made at the end of the
previous accounting period. This process is optional; however, it proves that there is no double
counting of revenues or expenses, which makes sure everything is accurate.
The financial statement worksheet is a way of summarizing accounting information.
Companies use the financial statement worksheet to prepare financial statements and save time.
Basically, the financial statement worksheet contains multiple columns used to transfer
accounting data from trial balance to financial statements. The financial statement worksheet is
used by accountants and companies to have accounting information in a summarized manner.
Companies prepare their financial statements after they figure the adjusted trial balance.
They prepare their income statement from the revenue and expense accounts. The retained

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 Week Four Reflection Summary ACC/290 University of Phoenix Week Three Reflection Summary Week three was very informative. The team members’ knowledge has continued to increase in accounting. The team members learned about preparing closing entries, reversing entries, and a post-closing trial balance. In addition, the team members gain knowledge about preparing a financial statement worksheet, preparing a classified income statement, retained earnings statement, and balance sheet. The closing journal entries are important in the practice of accounting because at the end of the accounting period it helps zero the balances of the temporary accounts, and transferring the balances to the permanent accounts. On the other hand, some companies perform reversing entries to make sure that they record their revenues in the period they earned them and that they recognize their expe ...
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