Recording adjusting entries in preparing final accounts is necessary because of the following reasons:
1. It helps in assessing whether the final accounts reflect true profit or loss, and it also shows the true financial position of a business.
2. It ensures accounts comply with the accrual basis of accounting.
3. It makes sure that all financial transactions belong to the current fiscal year. No transactions of past or future are taken into account.
4. It provides the scope for introducing different provisions, which can be made at year-end, only after assessing the whole year’s performance.