1. Creating a Worksheet

2.  The length of time for which a business summarizes and reports financial information is called a fiscal period (also known as accounting period).  Each business chooses a fiscal period length that meets its needs. Because federal and state tax reports are based on one-year, most businesses use a one-year fiscal period.  Most businesses use their fiscal period starting with the first day of the month.

3.  A columnar accounting form used to summarize the general ledger information needed to prepare financial statements is called a work sheet.  Accountants use work sheets for four reasons: 1. To summarize general ledger account balances to prove that debits equal credits 2. To plan needed changes to general ledger accounts to bring account balances up to date 3. To separate general ledger account balances according to the financial statements to be prepared 4. To calculate the amount of net income or net loss for a fiscal period

4.  Journals and ledgers are permanent records of a business and are usually prepared in ink or printed by a computer. However, a worksheet is a planning tool and is not considered a permanent accounting record. Therefore, a work sheet is prepared in pencil.

5. 5LESSON 6-1 page 153 Name of Company 1 Name of Report 2 Date of Report 3

6.  A proof of the equality of debits and credits in a general ledger is called the trial balance.  Information for the trial balance is taken from the general ledger. General ledger account titles listed on a trial balance in the same order as they are listed on the chart of accounts. All the account titles are listed, even if some accounts do not have balances.

7. 7LESSON 6-1 1.Write the general ledger account titles. 2.Write the general ledger debit account balances. Write the general ledger credit account balances. 4.Add both the Trial Balance Debit and Credit columns. 3.Rule a single line across the two Trial Balance columns. 5.Write each column’s total below the single line. 6.Rule double lines across both Trial Balance columns. page 154 1 2 4 3 5 6

8. 8LESSON 6-1  fiscal period  work sheet  trial balance page 155

9. Planning Adjusting Entries on a Work Sheet

10.  Sometimes a business will pay cash for an expense in one fiscal period, but the expense is not used until a later period. The expense should be reported in the same fiscal period that is used to produce revenue.

11.  For example, TechKnow Consulting buys supplies in quantity in August, but some of the supplies are not used until September. Only the value of the supplies used in August should be reported as expenses in August. In this way, August revenue and the supplies expense associated with earning the August revenue are recorded in the same accounting period.  For example, Tech Know Consulting debits an asset account, Supplies, each value owned by a business until the supplies are used. The value of supplies that are used becomes an expense to the business. However, recording an expense each time an individual supply, such as a pencil, is used would be impractical. Therefore, on August 31 that balance of the asset account, Supplies, is the value of all supplies that have not yet been used. The amount of supplies that have been used must be deducted from the asset account, Supplies, and recorded in the expense account, Supplies Expense.

12.  Changes recorded on a work sheet to update general ledger accounts at the end of the fiscal period are called adjustments.

13. 13LESSON 6-2 1 2 page 158 3 1.Write the debit amount. 2.Write the credit amount. 3.Label the two parts of this adjustment.

14. 14LESSON 6-2 page 159 1 2 3 1.Write the debit amount. 2.Write the credit amount. 3.Label the two parts of this adjustment.

15. 15LESSON 6-2 page 160 3.Rule double lines. 2.Add both the Adjustments Debit and Credit columns. Write each column’s total. 1.Rule a single line. 1 3 2

16. 16LESSON 6-2 page 160 C 1.Write the heading. 2.Record the trial balance. 3.Record the supplies adjustment. 4.Record the prepaid insurance adjustment. 5.Prove the Adjustments columns. 6.Extend all balance sheet account balances. 7.Extend all income statement account balances. 8.Calculate and record the net income (or net loss). 9.Total and rule the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns.

17. 17LESSON 6-2

18. 18LESSON 6-2 1

19. 19LESSON 6-2 (b) 10000 4 (a) 71500 3 496400 10000 15000 11000 10000 102500 120000 20000 5000 500000 62500 356500 21300 2800 30000 881500 81500 146600356500734900525000 356500734900 496400 10000 15000 10000 31000 110000 20000 5000 500000 62500 6 11000 21300 2800 30000 356500 10000 71500 7 209900 Net Income 8 9 1 2 5 356500734900

20. 20LESSON 6-2  adjustments page 161

21. Extending Financial Statement Information on a Work Sheet

22.  A financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity on a specific date is called a balance sheet.

23. 23LESSON 6-3 page 162 1.Debit balances without adjustments 2.Debit balances with adjustments 3.Credit balances without adjustments 3 2 1

24.  A financial statement showing the revenue and expenses for a fiscal period is called an income statement.

25. 25LESSON 6-3 page 163 1.Sales balance 2.Expense balances without adjustments 3.Expense balances with adjustments 1 3 2

26.  The difference between total revenue and total expenses when total revenue is greater is called net income.  The difference between total revenue and total expenses when total expenses are greater is called a net loss.

27. 27LESSON 6-3 1.Single rule 2.Totals 3.Net income page 164 4.Extend net income6.Totals 6 7 3 5 2 1 4 5.Single rule7.Double rule

28. 28LESSON 6-3 page 165 2.Totals 3.Net loss 4.Extend net loss 1.Single rule 2 1 3 4

29. 29LESSON 6-3  balance sheet  income statement  net income  net loss page 166

30. Finding and Correcting Errors on the Work Sheet

31. 31LESSON 6-4 page 168 1.Draw a line through the entire incorrect entry. Recalculate the account balance and correct the work sheet. 2 Correct entry 1 Incorrect entry 2.Record the posting in the correct account. Recalculate the account balance, and correct the work sheet.

32. 32LESSON 6-4 1 2 3 page 169 1.Draw a line through the incorrect amount. 2.Write the correct amount just above the correction in the same space. 3.Recalculate the account balance, and correct the account balance on the work sheet.

33. 33LESSON 6-4 46 page 169 6.Recalculate the account balance, and correct the work sheet. 5.Record the posting in the correct amount column. 4.Draw a line through the incorrect item in the account. 1 2 3 5