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The total amount of all accounts that is due to a physician is simply referred to as the balance due. Care should be taken to not confuse this amount with the balance due from the patient, as opposed to the balance due from the patient as well as his or her insurance company.
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What is a list of accounts and their balances at a given time called?
A list of accounts and their balances at a given time is called a trial balance. It summarizes all the account balances from the general ledger to ensure that total debits equal total credits. This document is used in accounting to verify the accuracy of financial records before preparing financial statements.
What is guest ledger?
A subsidiary ledger related to the accounts receivable general ledger account used by hotels to record the individual account activity of guests who are still at the hotel. The total of the balances in the city ledger plus the total of the balances in the guest ledger should equal the balance in the accounts receivable general ledger account.
What is the total account debt as of the statement date called?
The total account debt as of the statement date is called the balance.
What report lists accounts and their balances in which the total debit balances should equal the total credit balances?
Trial Balance
Why may a control account carries both debit and credit balances?
A control account summarizes a set of subsidiary accounts. For example, Accounts receivable may have a control account, representing total Accounts receivable, and also may have a set of subsidiary accounts, representing the amount of Accounts receivable owed by each customer/debtor. The total of all subsidiary accounts must equal the balance of the control account. Control accounts will have debit or credit balances depending on the nature of those accounts. Control accounts for assets, such as Accounts receivable or Fixed assets, will have native debit balances. Control accounts for liabilities, such as Accounts payable, will have native credit balances.
What is The Difference between total debits and credits to an account called?
The Account balance.
What is The difference between total payments and total charges to an account is called?
The difference between total payments and total charges to an account is called the account balance. If total payments exceed total charges, the balance will be a credit, indicating a surplus. Conversely, if total charges exceed total payments, the balance will be a debit, reflecting an outstanding amount owed. This balance is essential for understanding the financial status of the account.
What is the net account value and how is it calculated?
The net account value is the total value of an account after subtracting any liabilities or debts. It is calculated by adding up all the assets in the account, such as cash, investments, and property, and then subtracting any liabilities, such as loans or credit card balances. The resulting amount is the net account value.
Why are control account balances reported in external financial statements while subsidiary account balances are not?
A control account is a summary account in the general ledger. The details that support the balance in the summary account are contained in a subsidiary ledger-a ledger outside of the general ledger. The purpose of the control account is to keep the general ledger free of details, yet have the correct balance for the financial statements. For example, the Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger could be a control account. If it were a control account, the company would merely update the account with a few amounts, such as total collections for the day, total sales on account for the day, total returns and allowances for the day, etc. The details on each customer and each transaction would not be recorded in the Accounts Receivable control account in the general ledger. Rather, these details of the accounts receivable activity will be in the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Ledger. This works well because the employees working with the general ledger probably do not need to see the details for every sale or every collection transaction. However, the sales manager and the credit manager will need to know detailed information on individual customers, including whether a customer recently reduced their account balance. The company can provide these individuals with access to the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Ledger and can keep the general ledger free of a tremendous amount of detail. Sourced: http://blog.accountingcoach.com/accounts-receivable-control-account-subsidiary-ledger/ (second result after googling "Control account balances and Subsidiary account balances" ps: lrn2google)
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.
Where does the sum of customers' unpaid balances that is compared to the general ledger balance comes from?
The sum of customers unpaid balance or balance of account receivables in the General Ledger usually comes from a subsidiary ledger which contains an individual account receivable for each customer, the total of these accounts are summed and placed in one single account in the "general ledger".
Identify the disadvantage of trial balance?
The trial balance may be wrong but it will not show it (total debit balances will still be equal to the total credit balances). It may happen if there are next kind of mistakes: Commission - a transaction is entered in the wrong account; Reversal - the debit entry in written on the credit side and the credit entry is written on the debit side; Ommision - a transaction is completely ommited from the books; Principle - an item is ebtered in a completely wrong class of account; Original entry - a wrong account is entered in a book of origibal entry and then the wrong figure is used for posting a ledger; Compensating - errors cancel each other.
