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ISBN: 9780134487212

Author: MILLER-NOBLES

Publisher: PEARSON CO

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Chapter 7, Problem S7.5SE

Posting transactions from a sales journal to a subsidiary ledger and general ledger

Learning Objective 2

Review your results from Short Exercise 7-4.

Requirements

Total each column of the sales journal.
Open the following four-column accounts in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger: Accounts Receivable-Frank; Accounts Receivable-Jack; Accounts Receivable-Thompson; Accounts Receivable-West; Post the transactions to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger.
Open the following selected four-column accounts in the general ledger: Accounts Receivable (112): Merchandise Inventory (118), Bal, $5,000; Sales Revenue (411); Cost of Goods Sold (511). Post the total of each column to the general ledger.
Balance the total of the customer ending balances in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger against Accounts Receivable in the general ledger.

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