1 the total amount of money that a company pays to its employees. 2  a company's records of its employees' salaries and wages, bonuses, and withheld taxes. 3  the company's department that calculates and pays these. the total amount of money that a company pays to its employees. 2  a company's records of its employees' salaries and wages, bonuses, and withheld taxes. 3  the company's department that calculates and pays these.
Closing entries are needed to clear out your revenue and expense accounts as you start the beginning of a new accounting period. Preparing your closing entries is a very simple, mechanical process. Follow these steps: 1  Close the revenue accounts. 2  Prepare one journal entry that debits all the revenue accounts.
There are four steps to complete the closing entries: 1  Look for the revenue accounts in the trial balance, which is the list of all the revenue and capital accounts in the company's ledger. 2  Look for the expense accounts in the trial balance. 3  If the income summary has a credit balance, that is the company's net income.