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  2. General journal - Wikipedia

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    A general journal is a daybook or subsidiary journal in which transactions relating to adjustment entries, opening stock, depreciation, accounting errors etc. are recorded. The source documents for general journal entries may be journal vouchers, copies of management reports and invoices.

  3. Journal entry - Wikipedia

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    A journal entry is the act of keeping or making records of any transactions either economic or non-economic. Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances. The journal entry can consist of several recordings, each of which is either a debit or a credit. The total of the debits must equal the ...

  4. Chart of accounts - Wikipedia

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    A chart of accounts (COA) is a list of financial accounts and reference numbers, grouped into categories, such as assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses, and used for recording transactions in the organization's general ledger. Accounts may be associated with an identifier (account number) and a caption or header and are coded by ...

  5. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    The general accounting equation is as follows: Assets = Equity + Liabilities, [22] A = E + L. The equation thus becomes A – L – E = 0 (zero). When the total debits equals the total credits for each account, then the equation balances. The extended accounting equation is as follows: Assets + Expenses = Equity/Capital + Liabilities + Income,

  6. General ledger - Wikipedia

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    The general ledger contains a page for all accounts in the chart of accounts [5] arranged by account categories. The general ledger is usually divided into at least seven main categories: assets, liabilities, owner's equity, revenue, expenses, gains and losses. [6] It is the system of record for an organization’s financial transactions. [7]

  7. Adjusting entries - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, adjusting entries are journal entries usually made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the period in which they actually occurred. The revenue recognition principle is the basis of making adjusting entries that pertain to unearned and accrued revenues under accrual-basis accounting .

  8. Accounting equation - Wikipedia

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    Paying expenses (e.g. rent or professional fees) or dividends 7 + 100 − 100 Recording expenses, but not paying them at the moment 8 − 500 − 500 Paying a debt that you owe 9 0 0 0 Receiving cash for sale of an asset: one asset is exchanged for another; no change in assets or liabilities

  9. Bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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    Journals are recorded in the general journal daybook. A journal is a formal and chronological record of financial transactions before their values are accounted for in the general ledger as debits and credits. A company can maintain one journal for all transactions, or keep several journals based on similar activity (e.g., sales, cash receipts ...