Posting Journal Entries Tutorial

Posted by Ana Orwel on Monday, May 11, 2009

Posting journal entries tutorial teaches you two things, i.e.:
1. how to record business transactions in the general journal, and
2. how to post those entries into the general ledger.

General journal or the book of original entry is the one where all the initial entries pertaining to the business transactions of a company are recorded. Here the entries are made in a chronological order according to dates on which they occurred. Each entry is called journal entry and refers to the unique business transaction. Debit and credit rules are followed while posting all the entries.

After journal entries are made, they must be posted into the general ledger, you can find here more details how to do it.

More information on how to post entries into the general journal can be found here. This information can serve as a posting journal entries tutorial. Good luck in your learning!