Understand closing entries. Net income is closed into Retained
Earnings (after passing through income summary). Dividends are closed directly to Retained Earnings.
The given statement is correct.
Supporting explanations:
Net Income is closed to Retained Earnings at the end of the period while closing the Net Income, and the closing entry would be Debiting the Net Income and Crediting the Retained Earnings because Net Income has credit balance and debiting the Net Income will close the account.
Dividends are paid from the Retained Earnings so dividends are deducted from the Retained Earnings and Dividends has debit balance so while closing the Dividends, Retained Earnings is Debited and Dividends are Credited so Dividends are directly closed to Retained Earnings.
Therefore, the given statement is correct.
Understand closing entries. Net income is closed into Retained Earnings (after passing through income summary). Dividends...
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True or False: During the closing process, retained earnings is closed to the dividends account.
during the closing process retained earnings is closed to the dividends account true or false
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