
Concept explainers
1.
Journal:
Journal is the method of recording monetary business transactions in chronological order. It records the debit and credit aspects of each transaction to abide by the double-entry system.
To record: The transactions for Company BHP.
2.
T-account:
T-account is the form of the ledger account, where the journal entries are posted to this account. It is referred to as the T-account, because the alignment of the components of the account resembles the capital letter ‘T’.
The components of the T-account are as follows:
a) The title of the account
b) The left or debit side
c) The right or credit side
To Compute: The ending balance of each account by
3.
Trial balance:
A trial balance is the summary of all the ledger accounts. Debit balances are listed in left column and credit balances are listed in right column of the trial balance. The totals of debit and credit column should be equal. The trial balance is usually prepared to check the accuracy of ledger accounts balances, before the preparation of financial statements.
To Prepare: The trial balance of Company GW.

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