Basic Journal Entries - -

Summary:

This article includes information that would be helpful for a business or simply anyone who wants to know about basic journal entries and the correct steps that are needed. It allows businesses to recognize the importance of keeping track of their financial records to make sure that it is easy to refer back to if it is ever needed; it should be considerably organized for the business to remain successful. Included in the article are the basic steps on how to journalize business transactions into a general journal which successful businesses are already familiar with. Each process that is needed to make an entry is explained in detail with the correct placements of information needed. General journals are recorded alphabetically for it to be organized which allows it to be easy to look for. An illustration which is attached demonstrates how a proper journal should appear and what should be included in each column.

Connections:

The connection I was able to make between this article and chapter 6 was that they both talked about how business transactions are first recorded and how it is properly done. Both the text and the article doesn't only tell you how it is done, it also includes illustrations that help you understand it better. The text includes illustrations such as charts and graphs whereas the article includes one diagram but still is helpful. To understand basic journal entries they both explain in detail what is suppose to be done. The article talks about how many general journals have 5 columns: the date, account title, description, posting reference, debit, and credit. It also states what is journalizing; entering transitions in chronological order into a journal. The text book also has a definition of journalizing. Both provide accounting terminology that is good to know.

Personal Reflection:

Being able to access articles similar to this one allows not only me, but anyone who is interested in learning about accounting or the like have a little basic knowledge in what is presented. This article is simple and easy to comprehend if you needed a better understanding of basic journal entries. In my opinion, I don't enjoy reading articles that are hard to understand because it doesn't keep you engaged in what you're trying to focus on but this article doesn't do that. The point of the article was very straight forward, basic terminology was also given such as; source documents, journalizing, general journal, journal entry, and posting. Overall, reading this article let me to refresh my memory about how to enter transactions into a journal and I enjoyed how it was simple so I didn't have to spend time trying to figure out what was being said.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Journal-Entries.topicArticleId-21081,articleId-21011.html