Definition of Accounting Terms relating to Business Transaction Flow


Source Document- A paper prepared as evidence to support a business transaction. Examples of source documents are: invoices (purchases and sales), receipts, memorandums, deposit slips, check stubs, cash register tapes, payroll time cards.

The Journal is the book of original entry.

Two column journal is an all purpose journal which can be used by a business having simple operations and limited transactions.

Journalizing is the process of recording a business transaction in the journal.

Posting is the process of transferring the data from journal to the ledger.

The Ledger is the book of final entry.

The Trial Balance is the listing of all the accounts in the general ledger and the sum of the debit and credit amounts of their balances.

Chart of Accounts is a listing of all accounts and their account (code) number used for journalizing business transactions.

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