Lesson 4-3 Posting Column Totals from a Journal to a General Ledger 9/13/2018 LESSON 4-3 Posting Column Totals from a Journal to a General Ledger

Objectives for today…. This lesson is about posting journal column totals. Why are journal columns totaled? To prove equality of debits and credits. In this lesson, we will post the totals of the special amount columns.

Let me Explain… The totals brought forward from the pervious page of a journal are not posted individually. Remember that separate amounts in the special amount columns are not posted individually. Post Reference Columns- An entry in the account can be traced to: Its source in the journal Where it was posted into the account OR if posting was interrupted, the accounting personnel can easily see which entries in the journal still need to be posted. A check mark in the Post Ref column means that nothing on that line is posted individually.

CHECK MARKS SHOW THAT AMOUNTS ARE NOT POSTED page 100 Check mark indicates that amounts ARE NOT posted individually. Check mark indicates that general amount column totals ARE NOT posted. LESSON 4-3

POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE SALES CREDIT COLUMN The type of journal amount column an amount is recorded in determines how that amount is posted to the general ledger. The amounts in the special amount columns are posted as part of the total of the amount column Posting totals saves time and reduces errors because only the total of many of the same kinds of transactions must be posted, as opposed to posting each amount each time a frequently occurring transaction is journalized. Here are the five steps for posting the total of the sales credit column.

POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE SALES CREDIT COLUMN page 101 2 3 1 5 4 1. Write the date. 4. Write the new account balance. 2. Write the journal page number. 5. Return to the journal and write the account number. 3. Write the column total. LESSON 4-3

POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE CASH DEBIT COLUMN page 102 2 3 1 5 4 1. Write the date. 4. Write the new account balance. 2. Write the journal page number. 5. Return to the journal and write the account number. 3. Write the column total. LESSON 4-3

POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE CASH CREDIT COLUMN page 103 3 2 1 5 4 1. Write the date. 4. Write the new account balance. 2. Write the journal page number. 5. Return to the journal and write the account number. 3. Write the column total. LESSON 4-3

remember Whenever the debits in an account exceed the credits, the account balance is a debit. Whenever the credits in an account exceed the debits, the account balance is a credit.

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