Q. Detailed steps for completing the work sheet?
Accountants use these preliminary steps in preparing the work sheet. The following segments describe the detailed steps for completing the work sheet.
- Enter the balances and titles of ledger accounts in the Trial Balance columns.
- Enter adjustments within the Adjustments columns.
- Enter adjusted account balances within the Adjusted Trial Balance columns.
- Extend adjusted balances of revenue as well as expense accounts from the Adjusted Trial Balance columns to the Income Statement columns.
- Extend any balances in the Retained Earnings as well as Dividends accounts to the Statement of Retained Earnings columns.
- Enlarge adjusted balances of asset, liability as well as capital stock accounts from the Adjusted Trial Balance columns to the Balance Sheet columns.