Financial Accounting-Adjusting Entries & Financial Statement (Udemy.com)
Master Adjusting Entries & Financial Statements: A Comprehensive Guide for Accurate Accounting and Reporting
Created by: Robert (Bob) Steele
Last updated June 2022
What you will learn
- Identify the components of the accounting cycle and analyze the role of adjusting journal entries within it.
- Classify and categorize the four main types of adjusting journal entries: prepaid expenses, unearned revenue, accrued expenses, and accrued revenue.
- Apply the appropriate adjusting journal entries for each type and construct examples to illustrate their impact.
- Evaluate the distinguishing characteristics of adjusting journal entries and differentiate them from regular journal entries.
- Organize and manage data effectively using an adjusting journal entries worksheet.
- Analyze and interpret common adjusting journal entries encountered in financial accounting.
- Critically assess the purpose and significance of reversing entries and analyze common examples.
- Construct accurate balance sheets, income statements, and statements of equity based on the adjusted trial balance.
How it compares
Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
- Reviews1,938#36 of 201 by number of reviews
- Length11.8 hourslonger than 69% of them
- Last updatedJune 2022earlier than 60% of them
Course Description
This comprehensive course covers the fundamental concepts and processes of adjusting entries, posting them to a worksheet, creating financial statements from an adjusted trial balance, and understanding reversing entries.
The adjusting entry process is often misunderstood, as it is commonly assumed to be a means of correcting accounting errors. However, adjusting entries are an integral part of the accounting cycle and are built into the accounting system. They help us recognize revenue and expenses based on accrual concepts and timing differences.
In this course, we will learn to enter adjusting entries as of the end of the accounting period. These entries have both balance sheet and income statement components. Once the adjusting entries are complete, we will use the adjusted trial balance to generate financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of equity.
To enhance your learning experience, this course provides valuable resources, including downloadable PDF files, Excel practice files, multiple-choice practice questions, short calculation practice questions, and discussion questions. These resources will supplement your understanding and allow for practical application.
Your instructor for this course is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) with extensive technical accounting experience. He has a Master's degree in Taxation and is a certified post-secondary instructor (CPS) with expertise in curriculum development. You will benefit from his practical insights and instructional expertise.
Topics covered in this course include the adjusting process, posting adjusting entries to a worksheet, financial statement creation, and reversing entries. We will explore the components of the worksheet and understand how adjusting entries impact accrual accounting.
By the end of this course, you will be able to effectively navigate the accounting cycle, identify the different categories of adjusting entries, create financial statements from an adjusted trial balance, and understand the relationship between the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of equity.
Join us on this learning journey as we delve into Financial Accounting, Adjusting Entries & Financial Statements. Get ready for an engaging and educational experience. Don't miss out on this opportunity for continuing professional education (CPE).
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
1,938 Reviews
Robert (Bob) Steele
Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.
Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).
Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.
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Reviews
By Estrella Price on 9/24/2025
The screen was solid black throughout the whole presentation, resources or parts of the powerpoint were provided, but would be better in the actual presentation or where the audio is recorded.
By Grace Ocansey on 8/29/2025
It was great experienced
By Venkata Ramana Gundamaraju on 12/30/2024
Yes, it was a very good refresher to me. I am happy to learn some things which I missed or taken for granted earlier in a nice way because this course details into basics of every aspect of accounting.
By Anonymized User on 7/31/2024
Yes, this will help me to understand what I do more as I am an AP Administrator. From what I listened so far made me enjoy financial background and to understand adjusting entries as a whole.
By Karen Wauchope on 6/3/2023
I really enjoy doing this course. I needed a refresher to remind on some areas I have not done in awhile. This was a perfect match for me, whereby the course/topics were communicated step by step and easy to understand.
By Anonymized User on 8/30/2022
Am learning well, as am doing my CPA the course is so help it help me distinguish how to classing items assets, liabilities ,owners equity, revenue and expenses and the kind of entry (DR/CR) each items has on the financial statements.
By Anonymized User on 8/12/2022
Simple but practical examples to understand the logic of how to create adjusting entries and financial statements. It also provides many resources to reinforce what has been learned in each lesson.
By Aboubacar Sidiki Kourouma on 4/22/2020
I am over the moon. The instructor was powerful, clear in his explanation and specific in every detail. This a further step in the understanding of financial accounting. Learning how to efficiently use the accrual accounting basis, adjusting the entries and grasping the relation of the financial statement are a real boost to my career. I am in love with the course.
By Flavien Saula on 2/4/2020
Adjusting entries are one of the important parts of financial reporting and i enjoyed this journey to really understand how accuracy is financial reporting when dealing with adjusting entries. Good job Mr. Steele and thank you again.
By Ivana Bunjevacki on 10/10/2018
Another great course by Bob! Very down-to-earth and applicable to real business situations. The clear and easy-to-follow and understand style of explanations is quite a confidence booster (as the issues covered in the course are usually presented in an unnecessarily complicated and rather vague way by university professors)!
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