Example of balancing by source of earnings

In this example, the following accounts are balanced:

Profit and Loss account Debit/ Credit Amount Source of earnings account
Costs of Goods Sold Debit 400 Operating Results
Sales Revenue Credit 1000 Operating Results
Restructuring Charges Debit 50 Extraordinary Results

If you use the Source of Earnings balancing method, when you run the Automatic Balancing (tfgld6202m000) session LN creates the postings described here.

To balance the Profit and Loss accounts:

Ledger account Debit/ Credit Amount
Costs of Goods Sold Credit 400
Sales Revenue Debit 1000
Operating Results Credit 600
Restructuring Charges Credit 50
Extraordinary Results Debit 50