Q. What do you mean by work sheet?

The work sheet is a columnar sheet of a computer spreadsheet or a paper on which accountants summarize information needed to make the adjusting and closing entries and to prepare the financial statements. Typically they save these work sheets to document the end of period entries. A work sheet is merely an accounting tool and not part of the formal accounting records. Consequently work sheets may vary in format some are prepared in pencil thus that errors can be corrected easily. Other work sheets are organized on personal computers with spreadsheet software. Accountants prepare work sheets every time financial statements are needed that is monthly or quarterly or at the end of the accounting year.