Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
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Author: Weygandt, Jerry J.; Kieso, Donald E.; Kimmel, Paul D.
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Chapter J, Problem 10E
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Control account

It is a general ledger account which summarizes the entire details about the subsidiary ledger data. The purpose of using control account is that to maintain the general ledger free from many details and provide clean and correct balances to be used in the financial statements.

Subsidiary Ledger

Subsidiary ledger refers to the individual accounts, the summary of which is merged into the control account. It relives the burden on the general ledger and makes the posting easier and quicker.

To Identify: Each transaction of Company B would be recorded in cash receipts journal, cash payments journal, sales journal, single-column purchases journal, or general journal.

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