LEDGER ACCOUNTING: Accounting is an activity concerned with the recording of financial data relating to business operations in a significant and orderly manner. Rules of different accounts: PERSONAL ACCOUNT: “Debit the receiver and credit the giver” REAL ACCOUNT: “Debit what comes in and credit what goes out” NOMINAL ACCOUNT: “Debit all expenses and losses and credit all incomes and gains” LEDGER: Ledger is a book which contains various accounts. In other words , ledger is a set of accounts . It contains all accounts of business enterprise whether real, nominal, or personal. RULES REGARDING THE POSTING: The following rules should be observed while posting the transactions in the ledger from the journal. 1. Separate accounts should be opened in the ledger for posting transactions relating to different accounts recorded in the journal. E.g.: separate accounts may be opened for sales, cash account, purchases etc… 2. The concerned account which has been debited in the ledger. However a reference should be made of the other account which has been credited in the journal. 3. The concerned account which has been credited in the journal should also be credited in the ledger, but reference should be of given account, which has been debited in the journal.
JOURNALISE THE FOLLOWING TRANSACTIONS AND POST THEM IN LEDGER
DATE
PARTICULARS
AMOUNT IN RS
01/01/2000 Started business with cash
40000
02/01/2000 Purchased goods for cash
8000
03/01/2000 Sold goods for cash
7000
05/01/2000 Received cash from murthy
1000
18/01/2000 Cash paid to murthy
500
21/01/2000 Purchased goods from kiran
14000
31/01/2000 Goods sold to kareem
6000
JOURNAL OF MR.PRABHU DATE
PARTICULARS
01/01/2000 .cash a/c …………………….Dr
LF
DEBIT IN
NO RUPEES 40000
To Prabhu’s capital a/c 02/01/2000 Purchases a/c…………………Dr
8000 8000 7000
To sales a/c 05/01/2000 Cash a/c ……………………..Dr
7000 1000
To Murthy a/c 18/01/2000 Murthy a/c…………………..Dr
1000 500
To cash a/c 21/01/2000 Purchases a/c…………………Dr
500 14000
To Kiran a/c 31/01/2000 Karim a/c……………………..Dr To sales a/c
RUPEES 40000
To cash a/c 03/01/2000 Cash a/c ………………………Dr
CREDIT IN
14000 6000 6000
POST THEM INTO LEDGER Dr DATE
CASH A/C
Cr
PARTICULA
JF
DEBIT IN DATE
PARTICULAR JF
CREDI
RS
N
RS
S
T IN RS
N
O 01/01/00
To prabhu’s
O 40000
02/01/00
By purchases
capital a/c
8000
a/c
03/01/00
To sales a/c
7000
18/01/00
By murthy a/c
500
05/01/00
To cash a/c
1000
31/01/00
By balance c/d
39500
48000 01/02/00
To balance b/d
Dr
48000
39500
PRABHU’S CAPITAL A/C JF
DEBI
DATE
PARTICULA
N
T IN
O
31/01/00
RS To balance c/d
RS 40000
Cr JF
CREDI
DATE
PARTICULAR N
T IN RS
01/01/00
S By cash a/c
40000
O
40000 40000
01/02/00
By balance b/d
40000
Dr DATE
PURCHASES A/C PARTICULA
JF
DEBI
RS
N
T IN
O 02/01/00
To cash a/c
RS 8000
21/01/00
To kiran a/c
14000
01/02/00
To balance b/d
22000
Cr DATE
PARTICULAR JF
CREDI
S
T IN RS
N O
31/01/00
By balance c/d
22000
22000
SALES A/C DATE
31/01/00
PARTICULA
JF
DEBI
RS
N
T IN
O
RS 13000
To balance c/d
13000
DATE
PARTICULAR JF
CREDI
S
T IN RS
N O
03/01/00
by cash a/c
7000
31/01/00
by karim a/c
6000
01/02/00
to balance b/d
13000
Dr DATE
MURTHY A/C
CREDI
S
N
T IN RS
DEBI
S
N
T IN
O
05/01/00 By cash a/c 01/02/00
To cash a/c
31/01/00
To balance c/d
500
O
1000
Dr
31/01/00
JF
JF
18/01/.00
DATE
PARTICULAR
PARTICULAR
RS 500
DATE
Cr
1000
By balance b/d
1000
KIRAN A/C PARTICULA
JF
DEBI
RS
N
T IN
O
RS 14000
To balance c/d
14000
DATE
Cr PARTICULAR JF
CREDI
S
T IN RS
N O
21/01/00
By purchases
01/02/00
a/c By balance b/d
14000
14000
Dr
KARIM A/C
DATE
PARTICULA
JF
DEBI
RS
N
T IN
O 31/01/00
To sales a/c
RS 6000
01/02/00
To balance b/d
6000
Cr DATE
PARTICULAR JF
CREDI
S
T IN RS
O 31/01/00
By balance c/d
CONCLUSION: Thus we have to post the following transactions from journal to Ledger.
N
6000 6000