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What are the steps in completing the accounting cycle? Discuss the relationship between the amounts on the Adjusted Trial Balance for an account and its ledger? Discuss the relationship of the Adjusted Trial Balance and the amount on the Financial Statements? What is the impact on the financial statements of missing a step when completing the accounting cycle?

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The steps in the accounting cycle are given. The adjusted trial balance for an account and its ledger is analyzed.

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The accounting cycles are identify the transaction, analyze the transaction, create journal entries, post entries to ledgers, create trial balance, create adjusting entries, create adjusted trial balance, create financial ...

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