Ledger:
The book in which accounts are maintained is called ledger. Generally, one account is opened on each page of this book, but if transactions relating to a particular account are numerous, it may extend to more than one page. All transactions relating to that account are recount chronologically. From journal each transaction is posed to at least two concerned accounts – debit side of one account and credit side of another account. Remember that, if there are two accounts involved in a journal entry, it will be posted to two accounts in the ledger and if the journal entry of three accounts (compound entry) it will be posted to three different accounts in the ledger. The process of transferring information from journal to ledger accounts is known as posting. The goal of all transactions is ledger. Ledger is known as the destination of entries in journal but it must be remembered that transactions cannot be recorded directly in the ledger – they must be routed through journal. This concept is illustrated below:
Transaction
Journal
Ledger
So, the books in which all the transactions of a business concern are finally recorded in the concerned accounts in a summarized from is called ledger.
Assets = Liabilities + owner’s Equit
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