A company closes all of its temporary accounts in order to z

A company closes all of its temporary accounts in order to zero out the balances so that next period starts with a fresh slate. To close revenue accounts, a company must increase (credit) Retained Eamings and decrease (debit) Revenue. To close expense accounts, a company must decrease Retained Eamings and decrease expense account. Similarly, a company must increase Retained Earnings and decrease dividend accoun True Falss

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False, for closing dividends accounts, retained earnings account is decreased. So the given statement Is FALSE