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Accounting
Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Posting | The process of transferring information from the journal to individual general ledger accounts. |
| General Ledger | A permanent record organized by account number |
| Ledger account forms | Information about specific accounts |
| Proving the ledger | Adding all the debit balances then adding all the credit balances and finally comparing the two totals to see whether they are equal |
| Trial Balance | A formal way to prove the ledger |
| Transposition error | occurs when two digits within an amount are accidentally reversed or transposed |
| Slide error | occurs when a decimal point is moved by mistake. |
| Correcting entry | an entry made to correct an error in a journal entry discovered after posting |