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When a transaction occurs, a journal entry is made coinciding with this transaction. Later these transactions are posted from the journal to the ledger, then a trial balance is made to insure that the accounts are accurate and "balance".
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What is an account book?
An account book is a book in which financial accounts are kept - also called a ledger.
What does ledger mean?
It means a account book.
What are the two forms in which a ledger is maintained?
what are the two forms of ledger is maintained in accountancy
Why a cashbook is called Journalised ledger?
Cash book is a journal because the transactions are recorded in it for the first time from the source of document and from journal these transactions are posted to the respective account in the ledger. We can say cash book is a ledger also in the sense that it serves the purpose of cash account also.As such cash book is journal as well as ledger, and hence it may call journalised ledger.
What book is the drawings account kept?
general ledger
What is an account ledger?
A book or other collection of financial accounts.
How is cash cash book a both book of prime entry and ledger account?
how is cash book both a book of prime entr and an account
What you meant by Self balancing system?
when separate ledgers are maintained for trade debtors and trade creditors ,the debit and credit aspect of certain transactions will note appear in the same ledger Eg: in case of credit sales ,the credit aspect (Sales account) will appear in general ledger whereas the debit aspect (personal account of debtor)will appear in debtors ledger .Take another Eg.like cash discount allowed by a creditor .The credit aspect (personal account of the creditor )will appear in creditors ledger .Thus no ledger is self balancing and it is not possible to prepare a separate trial balance for each ledger .Hence in ,in order to make each ledger self -balancing it is necessary that the corresponding debit and credit aspects are fully "adjustment accounts " in each ledger . the adjustment account helps in completing the double entry in each ledger and making it self balancing . The adjustment account opens in various ledgers are; 1 ) general ledger adjustment account(in debtors ledger) 2 ) general ledger adjustment account(in creditors ledger) 3 ) debtors ledger adjustment account (in general ledger) 4 ) creditors ledger adjustment account (in general ledger)
A book that keeps separate record for each account is known as?
A ledger.
Why is cashbook regarded as both a ledger and as a journal?
Cash book is a book in which all transactions relating to cash receipts and cash payments are recorded. It starts with the cash or bank balances at the beginning of the period. Generally, it is made on monthly basis. This is a very popular book and is maintained by all organizations , big or small, profit or not-for-profit. It serves the purposes of both journal as well as the ledger (cash) account.
How is subsidiary ledger different to the general ledger?
A subsidiary ledger is a group of similar accounts whose combined balances equal the balance in a specific general ledger account. The general ledger account that summarizes a subsidiary ledger's account balances is called a control account or master account. For example, an accounts receivable subsidiary ledger (customers' subsidiary ledger) includes a separate account for each customer who makes credit purchases. The combined balance of every account in this subsidiary ledger equals the balance of accounts receivable in the general ledger. Posting a debit or credit to a subsidiary ledger account and also to a general ledger control account does not violate the rule that total debit and credit entries must balance because subsidiary ledger accounts are not part of the general ledger; they are supplemental accounts that provide the detail to support the balance in a control account.
What is the cash account in a company's ledger?
The cash account in the company's ledger is Bank.
