Learn how accounting spreadsheets work with real examples of journals plus when to switch to accounting software.

If your small business used a mortgage for a home purchase, a journal entry affects the property, mortgage payable and cash accounts. If you paid all cash for a home, a journal entry affects the ...

Small business users of QuickBooks may rarely, if ever, need to make a journal entry in their books. A journal entry splits a transaction into two parts, recording a debit for one account and an equal ...

Auditors know that journal-entry testing is one of many procedures they can use in addressing client data completeness and, hence, audit risk (see AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a ...

Tracking your company’s spending is essential for maintaining accurate financial records. One financial accounting method businesses use is the payroll journal entry. Payroll journal entries record ...