The accounting cycle prompts bookkeepers to record and process any accounting events a company incurs during a period. These events range from when a transaction occurs to the final representation of ...

A standard of efficient business accounting is maintaining detailed records on accounts receivable. One part of the accounting process is the revenue cycle, an important group of business activities ...

At the end of an accounting period, certain accounts are closed so they have a zero balance at the beginning of the new accounting period. The act of zeroing these accounts is called closing entries.