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.
Step nine, and for many companies the last step in the accounting cycle, is to prepare a post-closing trial. balance. A post-closing trial balance should only contain the debit and credit balance for permanent accounts, because these are the only accounts that are remaining after the closing process.