Accounting Principles, Volume 1: Chapters 1 - 12
Accounting Principles, Volume 1: Chapters 1 - 12
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ISBN: 9781118978757
Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel
Publisher: WILEY
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Subsidiary ledger: Subsidiary ledger is a group of accounts which are similar in nature where individual balances are recorded. This is an expansion of the general ledger. The subsidiary ledger records the individual balances and hence there is no need to record the individual balances in the general ledger.

To Explain: Advantages of using a subsidiary ledger.

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