Answer and Explanation:
1. Interest Revenue $23,000
Sales Revenue $510,000
To Income Summary $533000
(Being closing of revenues accounts are closed)
2. Income Summary $453,000
To Sales returns $20,000
To Sales Discounts $7,000
To Cost Of goods sold $310,000
To Freight out $2,000
To Advertise Exp $15,000
To Interest Exp $19,000
To Salaries & Wages $55,000
To Utility $18,000
To Depreciation $7,000
(Being closing of expenses accounts are closed)
3. Income Summary $80,000
To Retained Earning $80,000
(Being profit is recorded)
4. Retained Earning $30,000
To Dividends $30,000
(Being closing of dividend is recorded)
Answer: Closing entries: <u>" must be journalized and posted ".</u>
Explanation: Closing entries are those registrations that are ALWAYS made at the end of an accounting period because it cancels the balance of all temporary accounts to transfer them to permanent accounts.
Temporary accounts are profit and loss accounts, so the result of the year is determined in this way.
