CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 4-1 Preparing a Chart of Accounts

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 2 LESSON 4-1 RELATIONSHIP OF A T ACCOUNT TO AN ACCOUNT FORM page 91 Balance columns

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 3 LESSON 4-1 ACCOUNT NUMBERS page 92 1.Write the account title. 2.Write the account number. 12 To Open a Ledger:

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 4-2 Posting Separate Amounts from a Journal to a General Ledger

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 5 LESSON 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 A GENERAL DEBIT COLUMN page

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 6 LESSON 4-2 POSTING A SECOND AMOUNT TO AN ACCOUNT page 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.

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 7 LESSON 4-2 POSTING AN AMOUNT FROM A GENERAL CREDIT COLUMN page 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. 2

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 4-3 Posting Column Totals from a Journal to a General Ledger

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 9 LESSON 4-3 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.

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 10 LESSON 4-3 POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE SALES CREDIT COLUMN page Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the column total. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 11 LESSON 4-3 POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE CASH DEBIT COLUMN page Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the column total. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 12 LESSON 4-3 POSTING THE TOTAL OF THE CASH CREDIT COLUMN page Write the date.4.Write the new account balance. 2.Write the journal page number. 3.Write the column total. 5.Return to the journal and write the account number

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 4-4 Completed Accounting Forms and Making Correcting Entries

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 14 LESSON 4-4 JOURNAL PAGE WITH POSTING COMPLETED page 105

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 15 LESSON 4-4 MEMORANDUM FOR A CORRECTING ENTRY page 108

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 16 LESSON 4-4 JOURNAL ENTRY TO RECORD A CORRECTING ENTRY page Source Document 3 Credit 1 Date 2 Debit 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, $ Memorandum No. 15.

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 17 LESSON 4-4 TERM REVIEW page 109 LedgerA group of accounts. General Ledger A ledger that contains all accounts needed to prepare financial statements. Account NumberThe number assigned to an account. File Maintenance The procedure for arranging accounts in a general ledger, assigning account numbers and keeping records current. Opening an Account Writing an account title and number on the heading of an account. Posting Transferring information from a journal entry to a ledger account. Correcting EntryA journal entry made to correct an error in the ledger.