1. PREPARING A CHART OF ACCOUNTS LESSON 4-1

2. GENERAL JOURNAL (CHAPTER 3) What does a General Journal accomplish in Accounting? What is a General Journal? LESSON 4-12

3. GENERAL JOURNAL (CHAPTER 3) General Journal -Is a permanent record of the debit and credit parts of each transaction recorded in chronological order However, a journal does not show in one place all the changes in a single account LESSON 4-13

4. RELATIONSHIP OF A T ACCOUNT TO AN ACCOUNT FORM LESSON 4-14 page 91 Balance columns

5. CHART OF ACCOUNTS A group of accounts is called a ledger. A ledger contains all accounts needed to prepare financial statements is called a general ledger. The name given to an account is known as an account title. The number assigned to an account is called an account number. LESSON 4-15

6. CHART OF ACCOUNTS LESSON 4-16 page 92

7. ACCOUNT NUMBERS 150 Supplies 1 -The first digit of each account number shows the general ledger division in which the account is located. Represents the general ledger (1’s are associated with the asset division) 50 -The second digits indicate the location of each account within a general ledger division. The 50 in the account number for Supplies indicate that the account is located between account number 140 and 160. (1)Assets (2) Liabilities (3) Owner’s Equity (4) Revenue (5) Expenses (2)Balance Sheet Accounts-Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s Equity (3)Income Statement Accounts-Revenue and Expenses LESSON 4-17

8. ACCOUNT NUMBERS LESSON 4-18 page 92

9. ASSIGNING ACCOUNT NUMBERS TechKnow consulting assigned numbers by 10’s (Ex. 110-120-130). Numbers (111-119) are not used. New numbers can be assigned between existing accounts. The procedure for arranging accounts in a general ledger, assigning account numbers, and keeping records current is called file maintenance. LESSON 4-19

10. OPENING AN ACCOUNT IN A GENERAL LEDGER Writing an account title and number on the heading of an account is called opening an account. A general ledger account is opened for each account listed on a chart of accounts. LESSON 4-110

11. OPENING AN ACCOUNT IN A GENERAL LEDGER LESSON 4-111 1.Write the account title after the word Account in the heading. 2.Write the account number after the words Account No. in the heading. page 94 12

12. TERMS REVIEW ledger general ledger account number file maintenance opening an account LESSON 4-112 page 95

13. LESSON 4-2 POSTING FROM A GENERAL JOURNAL TO A GENERAL LEDGER

14. POSTING Transferring information from a journal entry to a ledger account LESSON 4-1 14

15. 15 LESSON 4-2 1.Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the debit amount. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number. POSTING AN AMOUNT FROM THE DEBIT COLUMN OF A GENERAL JOURNAL page 96 1 4 2 3 5

16. 16 LESSON 4-2 POSTING AN AMOUNT FROM THE CREDIT COLUMN OF A GENERAL JOURNAL page 97 1 1.Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the credit amount. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number. 4 2 3 5

17. 17 LESSON 4-2 POSTING A DEBIT AMOUNT TO AN ACCOUNT WITH A DEBIT BALANCE page 98 3 5 1 4 1.Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the debit amount. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number. 2

18. 18 LESSON 4-2 POSTING A DEBIT AMOUNT TO AN ACCOUNT WITH A CREDIT BALANCE page 99 1.Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the debit amount. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number. 3 5 1 4 2

19. 19 LESSON 4-2 JOURNAL PAGE WITH POSTING COMPLETED (continued on next slide) page 100

20. 20 LESSON 4-2 JOURNAL PAGE WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 100 (continued from previous slide)

21. 21 LESSON 4-2 TERM REVIEW posting page 101

22. LESSON 4-3 COMPLETED GENERAL LEDGER, PROVING CASH, AND MAKING CORRECTING ENTRIES

23. 23 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 102 (continued on next slide)

24. 24 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 103 (continued on next slide)

25. 25 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 103 (continued on next slide)

26. 26 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 104 (continued on next slide)

27. 27 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 104 (continued on next slide)

28. 28 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 105 (continued on next slide)

29. 29 LESSON 4-3 GENERAL LEDGER WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 105 (continued from previous slide)

30. 30 LESSON 4-3 PROVING CASH page 106 Determining the amount of cash agrees with the balance of the cash account in the accounting records is called proving cash. Balance shown in a checkbook compared with the balance in the cash account.

31. CORRECTING ENTRY A journal entry made to correct an error in the ledger is called a correcting entry. LESSON 4-1 31

32. 32 LESSON 4-3 MEMORANDUM FOR A CORRECTING ENTRY page 106

33. 33 LESSON 4-3 November 13. Discovered that a payment of cash for advertising in October was journalized and posted in error as a debit to Miscellaneous Expense instead of Advertising Expense, $140.00. Memorandum No. 15. JOURNAL ENTRY TO RECORD A CORRECTING ENTRY page 107 4 Source Document 3 Credit 1 Date 2 Debit

34. 34 LESSON 4-3 TERMS REVIEW proving cash correcting entry page 108