Accounting Cycle is the name given to the combined process of recording and processing the accounting proceedings of a company. The series of steps start when a transaction takes place and end with its addition in the financial statements. The 9 events of the accounting cycle are:
- Gathering and evaluating data from transactions and events.
- Placing transactions into the general journal.
- Putting entries to general ledger.
- Make an unadjusted trial balance.
- Adjusting entries properly.
- Making an adjusted trial balance.
- Managing the accounts into the financial statements.
- Closing the accounting books.
- Making a post-closing trial balance to verify the accounts.