Accounting (Text Only)
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.19EX
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Subsidiary ledger
Subsidiary ledger refers to the ledger that provides the detailed information of the account already recorded in the general ledger such as accounts receivable subsidiary ledger and accounts payable subsidiary ledger.
Accounts payable subsidiary ledger
Accounts payable subsidiary ledger keeps the detailed information about the payment history of the business to the creditors from whom it received goods and services from on account.
The errors in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger.
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The accounts receivable clerk for Evers Industries prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on July 31:
The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule and not included in the preceding subtotals
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Accounting (Text Only)
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