Discover how general ledgers and general journals work together in double-entry bookkeeping to track financial data accurately and efficiently for your business.

The general ledger is also known as the main or nominal ledger, because it holds both sides of double-entry transactions. In contrast, the purchase and sales ledgers are called subsidiary ledgers ...

Discover how cash purchases impact a company's income statement and where to find detailed records in financial reports.

The accounting process is over 500 years old. Modern accounting differs very little from that begun by Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli, mathematician and father of modern accounting, in the 1400s. The ...