·A JOURNAL ENTRY BY MEANS OF WHICH THE BALANCES OF VARIOUS ASSETS,LIABILITIES
AND CAPITAL APPEARING IN THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE PREVIOUS ACCOUNTING PERIOD
ARE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE BOOKS OF CURRENT ACCOUNTING PERIOD
·KNOWN AS OPENING ENTRY
·THIS ENTRY IS PASSED BY DEBITING ALL ASSETS AND CREDITING ALL LIABILITIES.
IF THE CAPITAL IS NOT GIVEN THEN
ACCOUNTING FOR PLUS ONE/BBA/BCOM/MBA/CA/CS FOUNDATION
MEANING OF COMPOUND JOURNAL ENTRY
A COMPOUND JOURNAL ENTRY IS AN
ACCOUNTING ENTRY WHICH EFFECTS MORE THAN TWO ACCOUNT HEADS. A SIMPLE JOURNAL
ENTRY HAS ONE DEBIT AND ONE CREDIT WHERE AS A COMPOUND JOURNAL ENTRY INCLUDES
ONE OR MORE DEBITS AND OR CREDITS THAN A SIMPLE JOURNAL ENTRY.
LIKE SALARY PAID
,2000,RENT PAID,1000,COMMISSION PAID 500
HERE THE COMMON PART IS
CASH SO WE WILL MAKE COMPOUND ENTRY
·JOURNAL IS A BOOK OF ORIGINAL ENTRY IN WHICH
ALL THE BUSINESS TRANSACTION ARE RECORDED SYSTEMATICALLY.SUCH BOOKS ARE ALSO
KNOWN AS SUBSIDIARY BOOKS.IT REFLECT THE RELATION THAT EXIST BETWEEN TWO
ASPECTS THAT IS DEBIT AND CREDIT
·M.J KEELER HAS DEFINED THE JOURNAL AS A
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OF A BUSINESS.