ACC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Subledger, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable

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Acc100 - l7: liquid assets and internal control. Subsidiary ledger: the detail for a number of individual items that collectively make up a single general ledger account. At any point in time the balances of the accounts that make up the subsidiary ledger should total to the single balance in the related control account. Control account: general ledger account that is supported by the subsidiary ledger. It is important for control purposes that a company like canadian tire keeps a record of to whom the sale was made and includes this sale amount on a periodic statement or bill to the customer. These purchases can therein be tracked by a subsidiary ledger. Bad debts are unpaid accounts that a company gives up trying to collect. Assume that roberts corp. makes a sale to dexter inc. on november 10, 2008, with credit terms of 2/10 net t60. Roberts makes the following entry on his books: assets and equity +500.

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