Example of ledger postings
As we know that after the entries have been journalized, the next process is to transfer these entries to respective Ledger accounts. This process of transferring the entries from the General Journal to the Ledger is known ‘Posting’.
Under this process, various debit and credit transactions are posted to the ledger and at the end of a certain period, this debit and credit balanced is compared. Following is an example which will make clear how posting to the ledger is done:
Illustration
Post the-the following transactions in the books of a trader:-
Debit Balance on January 1, 2013
Cash in Hand $ 8,000, Cash at Bank $ 25,000, Stock of Goods $ 20,000, Building
$ 10,000. Sundry Debtors: Victor $ 2,000 and Rita $ 2,000.
Credit Balances on January 1, 2013:
Sundry Creditors: Albert $ 5,000. Capital $ 55,000
Following were further transactions in the month of January 2013:
Jan. 1 Purchased goods worth $ 5,000 for cashless 20% trade discount and 5% cash discount.
Jan. 4 Received $ 1,980 from Victor and allowed him $ 20 as discount.
Jan. 8 Purchased plant from Michael for $ 5,000 and paid $ 100 as cartage for bringing the plant to the factory and another $ 200 as installation charges.
Jan. 12 Sold goods to Robert on credit $ 600.
Jan. 15 Robert became insolvent and could pay only 50 cent in a $.
Jan. 18 Sold goods to Steve for cash $ 1,000.
Solution
Cash A/c
| Dr. | Cr. | ||||||
| Date
2013 | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date
2013 | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 8000 | Jan 1 | By Purchase A/c | 3800 | ||
| Jan 4 | To Victor | 1980 | Jan 8 | By Plant A/c | 300 | ||
| Jan 15 | To Robert | 300 | Jan 31 | By balance c/d | 7180 | ||
| Jan 18 | To Sales A/c | 1000 | |||||
| 11280 | 11280 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To balance b/d | 7180 |
Bank A/c
| Dr. | Cr. | ||||||||||
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | ||||
| Jan 1 | To balance b/d | 25000 | Jan 31 | By Balance c/d | 25000 | ||||||
| 25000 | 25000 | ||||||||||
| Feb 1 | To balance b/d | 25000 | |||||||||
Stock A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To balance b/d | 20000 | Jan 31 | By balance c/d | 20000 | ||
| 20000 | 20000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To Balance b/d | 20000 |
Building A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 10000 | Jan 31 | By Balance c/d | 10000 | ||
| 10000 | 10000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To Balance b/d | 10000 |
Victor A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To balance b/d | 2000 | Jan 4 | By cash A/c | 1980 | ||
| By Discount A/c | 20 | ||||||
| 2000 | 2000 |
Rita A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 2000 | Jan 31 | By Balance c/d | 2000 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To Balance b/d | 2000 |
Albert’s A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 31 | To balance c/d | 5000 | Jan 1 | By Balance b/d | 5000 | ||
| 5000 | 5000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | By Balance b/d | 5000 |
Capital A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 31 | To balance c/d | 55000 | Jan 1 | By Balance b/d | 55000 | ||
| 55000 | 55000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | By Balance b/d | 55000 |
Purchase A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 1 | To cash A/c | 3800 | Jan 31 | By balance c/d | 4000 | ||
| To Discount A/c | 200 | ||||||
| 4000 | 4000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To balance b/d | 4000 |
Discount A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 4 | To Victor | 20 | Jan 1 | By Purchases A/c | 200 | ||
| Jan 31 | To balance c/d | 180 | |||||
| 200 | 200 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | By Balance b/d | 180 |
Plant A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 8 | To Michael A/c | 5000 | Jan 31 | By Balance c/d | 5300 | ||
| Jan 8 | To Cash A/c | 300 | |||||
| 5300 | 5300 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To Balance b/d | 5300 |
Michael
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 31 | To balance c/d | 5000 | Jan 8 | By plant A/c | 5000 | ||
| 5000 | 5000 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | By balance b/d | 5000 |
Sales A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 31 | To balance c/d | 1600 | Jan 12 | By Robert | 600 | ||
| Jan 18 | By Cash | 1000 | |||||
| 1600 | 1600 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | By Balance b/d | 1600 |
Robert’s A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 12 | To Sales A/c | 600 | Jan 15 | By Cash A/c | 300 | ||
| Jan 15 | By Bad Debts A/c | 300 | |||||
| 600 | 600 |
Bad Debts A/c
| Date | Particular | J.F. | $ | Date | Particular | J.F. | $ |
| Jan 15 | To Robert | 300 | Jan 31 | By Balance c/d | 300 | ||
| 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Feb 1 | To balance b/d | 300 |
