Concept explainers
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Journal entry: Journal entry is a set of economic events which can be measured in monetary terms. These are recorded chronologically and systematically.
Debit and credit rules:
- Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in stockholders’ equity accounts.
- Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.
Posting transactions: The process of transferring the journalized transactions into the accounts of the ledger is known as posting the transactions.
To journalize: The transactions of SM for the month of April 2018
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To open: The four-column accounts with March 31 balance
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To post: The entries into four-column accounts, and determine the balance for each account for SM for the month of April.
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To prepare: Trial balance of SM as on April 30, 2018
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