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1 Semester
REVIEW
What is a journal?
Why is it called the
“book of original entry?”
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What is a general ledger? O
Why is it called the H
“book of final entry?” S
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JOURNAL
- is a chronological record (day-by-day) of
business transactions.
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- It is called the book of original entry O
because it is the accounting record in H
which financial transactions are first S
recorded.
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LEDGER
- refers to the accounting book in which the accounts
and their related amounts as recorded in the journal
are posted to periodically.
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- “book of final entry” because all the balances in the
ledger are used in the preparation of financial O
statements. H
- referred to as the T-Account because the basic form
of a ledger is like the letter “T”.
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Many businesses maintain several types of
journals. The simplest type of journal is called the
and
The process of recording a transaction is called
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journalizing the transactions.
O
This type Special
of journal is Journal
unique among journals
H
because it may be used to record any type of
business transactions. S
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Recording all transactions in the general
journal is not cost effective and time
consuming. To speed up and simplify the
recording process, most businesses make use
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of special journals.
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Each special journal is designed to record a
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particular type of transaction efficiently and
quickly.
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Examples of special N
journals and their use O
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a.Cash Receipts Journal
– is used to record all cash that had
been received.
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b. Cash Disbursements Journal
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– is used to record all transactions
involving cash payments. H
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Sales Journal (Sales on Account Journal)
c.