A businesses adjustments are analyzed and planned on a worksheet, and then journalized so that they can be posted to their individual general ledger accounts. The journal entries recorded to update general ledger accounts at the end of a fiscal period are called adjusting entries. It is these entries which are recorded and then posted so that an updated post-closing trial balance can be prepared.
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