ADM 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Ledger, Trial Balance, General Ledger

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Transaction analysis: accounting transactions occur when assets, liabilities, or shareholders" equity items change as a result of some economic event. This accounting equation needs to always be balanced. Receipt of cash in advance from customers. An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases specific asset, liability, or shareholders" equity item. The journal has a place to record the debit and credit effects on specific accounts for each transaction. Transactions are entered in the journal in chronological order. Contains all of the asset, liability and shareholders" equity accounts, as well as revenue and expense accounts. Provides mgt with the balances (or subtotals) in various accounts. The process of transferring journal entries to the ledger accounts. It accumulates the effects of journal transactions in the individual ledger accounts. Provides a list of accounts and their balances at a specific time. Proves the mathematical equality of debits and credits after posting.

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