Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals-Financial Accounting
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Describe the nature and purpose of a subsidiary ledger. Explain how companies use special journals in journalizing. Indicate how companies post a multi-column journal.
Used to keep track of individual balances.Two common subsidiary ledgers are: Accounts receivable (customers’), Accounts payable (creditors’)
Each general ledger control account balance must equal the composite balance of the individual accounts in the related subsidiary ledger.
Advantages of Subsidiary Ledgers
- Show in a single account transactions affecting one customer or one creditor.
- Free the general ledger of excessive details.
- Help locate errors in individual accounts.
- Make possible a division of labor
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