The following are the important entries which are made in the journal proper
Opening Entries
All the assets and liabilities of the previous year are required to be carried forward to current year by passing entries. Such entries are called opening entries and passed through the journal proper. The assets are debited and liabilities are credited while passing opening entries. The excess of assets over liabilities is credited to capital account.
Closing Entries
The entries prepared for closing different ledger accounts in the process of preparing final account at the end of the year are called closing entries. Such entries are needed to transfer the expenses and incomes related with revenue nature to trading and profit and loss account. All those transactions are recorded in journal proper.
Opening Entries
All the assets and liabilities of the previous year are required to be carried forward to current year by passing entries. Such entries are called opening entries and passed through the journal proper. The assets are debited and liabilities are credited while passing opening entries. The excess of assets over liabilities is credited to capital account.
Closing Entries
The entries prepared for closing different ledger accounts in the process of preparing final account at the end of the year are called closing entries. Such entries are needed to transfer the expenses and incomes related with revenue nature to trading and profit and loss account. All those transactions are recorded in journal proper.
Transfer Entries
The transfer of amount from one account to another account is made through journal proper. Transfer of gross profit and net profit or loss are required at the time of final accounts preparation. Besides such transfers, the settlement of accounts also is needed. Such transfers of amount from one account to another account are made by passing entries in the journal proper.
Adjustment Entries
Incomes and expenses may occur after closing the ledger accounts at the end of accounting year. They appear in the form of adjustments. Such incomes and expenses should be adjusted either in trading account or profit and loss account or balance sheet. The entries passed for necessary adjustments are called adjustment entries. If those incomes and expenditures are nit incorporated, the trading and profit and loss account can not give true and fair result of operation. Hence, those items of incomes and expenses should be adjusted before preparing final account for a particular period. Since, they affect profit or loss, assets and liabilities of a business entity as a whole.