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This process is referred to as "posting". This is needed to keep complete and organized records of all transactions in the general ledger, as this is the source document used to create statements.
a machine that records detailed transactions on a unit record ledger card. The balance associated with each transaction is summed and stored on a magnetic strip on the card. The machine can read all of the updated ledger cards very quickly to pick up the ledger balances and sum them into a totaling device.
The rules of posting into a general ledger are simple. Keep track of expenses in one part of the ledger and keep track of credits in another part.
The whole process of transferring entries from journal to ledger is called posting process.
transferring journal entries to ledger accounts
Posting is recording in the ladgers information from journal. Posting is always from journal.
This process is referred to as "posting". This is needed to keep complete and organized records of all transactions in the general ledger, as this is the source document used to create statements.
Both the Journal and the Ledger are the two most important books used under the Double Entry System of "Book-Keeping". The relationship between the "Journal & Ledger" could be expressed as follows: Journal is the book of first or original entry - since all the Business Transactions are recorded first of all in the "Journal". While the "Ledger" is the book of second entry - since the transactions are "Posted" to the "Ledger" from the Journal. The Journal records tranasactions in "Chronological order", while the Ledger records the transactions in analytical order. The Journal is more reliable than Ledger since it is the book in which the entry is entered first. The process of recording transations is termed as "Journalising" while the process of recording transactions in the Ledger is called as "Posting". Ramesh Kutumbaka
a machine that records detailed transactions on a unit record ledger card. The balance associated with each transaction is summed and stored on a magnetic strip on the card. The machine can read all of the updated ledger cards very quickly to pick up the ledger balances and sum them into a totaling device.
should be entered when posting to the ledger
The rules of posting into a general ledger are simple. Keep track of expenses in one part of the ledger and keep track of credits in another part.
The whole process of transferring entries from journal to ledger is called posting process.
transferring journal entries to ledger accounts
accrued accounts
It is a process to record business transactions in ledger accounts and then generating useful financial information for example income statement, balance sheet.
Ledger is called the king of all books of accounts because all entries from the books of original entry must be posted to the various accounts in the ledger. It should be noted that journal contains a chronological record while ledger contains a classified record of all transactions
he general ledger is a collection of the firm's accounts. While the general journal is organized as a chronological record of transactions, the ledger is organized by account. In casual use the accounts of the general ledger often take the form of simple two-column T-accounts. In the formal records of the company they may contain a third or fourth column to display the account balance after each posting.