Concept explainers
(a)
Journalizing: It is the process of recording the transactions of an organization in a chronological order. Based on these journal entries recorded, the amounts are posted to the relevant ledger accounts.
Accounting rules for journal entries:
- To increase balance of the account: Debit assets, expenses, losses and credit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.
- To decrease balance of the account: Credit assets, expenses, losses and debit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.
To prepare: Journal entries.
(b)
T-Account: T-Account is a form of ledger account in which the debit entries are shown at the left side of the account and credit entries are shown at the right side of the account.
To prepare: T-Accounts
(c)
To prepare: A trial balance.
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