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Journal:
Journal is the book of original entry. Journal consists of the day-to-day financial transactions in a chronological order. The journal has two aspects; they are debit aspect and the credit aspect.
Rules of debit and credit:
“An increase in an asset account, an increase in an expense account, a decrease in liability account, and a decrease in a revenue account should be debited.
Similarly, an increase in liability account, an increase in a revenue account and a decrease in an asset account, a decrease in an expenses account should be credited”.
To journalize: The issuance of common stock, the supplies purchased on accounts, the Service rendered on account, the cash received for the service rendered, the payment of salaries and wages, the payment made for supplies, the unearned service revenue.
(b)
A trial balance is the list of all the ledger accounts. The trial balance is prepared to check the total balance of the debit with the total of the balance of the credit, which must be equal. The trial balances are usually prepared to check accuracy. In trial balance the debit balance are listed in the left column and credit balance are listed in the right column.
To prepare: (b) Trial balance
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