After completing the closing entries for Revenues and Expenses, the Income Summary account has a credit balance of $1,500. The journal entry to close out the $1,500 credit balance of Income Summary would be:

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Adrien Dudley

15 December, 15:55

After completing the closing entries for Revenues and Expenses, the Income Summary account has a credit balance of $1,500. The journal entry to close out the $1,500 credit balance of Income Summary would be:

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Raelynn Wu · Answer 1

The journal entry to close the credit balance of the income summary account is as follows:

Income summary Dr $1,500

To Retained earning $1,500

(Being the difference is credited to retained earning)

Since the income summary has a credit balance which reflects the net income so we debited the income summary account and credited the retained earning account so that the proper posting could be done