Each Entry in the Journal Affects Two or More Accounts

question 50

True/False

Each entry in the journal affects two or more accounts.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

Journal entries made in accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.

Overstatement

The act of presenting financial statements or data to be more significant than they actually are, often involving higher revenues, assets, or lower expenses than exist in reality.

Note Payable

A financial obligation represented by a written promissory note which the borrower agrees to pay back to the lender.