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Bookkeeping Basics for Small Business: What Every Owner Should Know

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Paying Bills and Managing Accounts Payable: Keeping up with due dates and ensuring vendors and suppliers are paid promptly to maintain strong business relationships. Monitoring Accounts Receivable: Tracking outstanding customer payments and following up to collect overdue invoices.

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Accounting Basics: What Do Debit and Credit Mean? 

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For each transaction, there must be at least one debit and one credit equaling each other recorded on the company’s general ledger accounts. Generally, a business will assign transactions to one of five main account types: Asset accounts contain the resources that a company relies on to generate revenue.

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Accounting Basics: What Do Debit and Credit Mean? 

Nolan Accounting Center

For each transaction, there must be at least one debit and one credit equaling each other recorded on the company’s general ledger accounts. Generally, a business will assign transactions to one of five main account types: Asset accounts contain the resources that a company relies on to generate revenue.

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What Is General Ledger Reconciliation?

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General Ledger Reconciliation The General Ledger (GL) is a silent custodian of a company's financial narrative. It is a record of all financial transactions of an enterprise and provides a comprehensive account of the organization's monetary activities.   What is the General Ledger?

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Why General Ledgers Matter to Businesses

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When you first started out, you were paying for business expenses out of your personal bank account and tracking your accounts payable and accounts receivable using different methods or separate software programs. That’s where a general ledger comes in. What is a General Ledger?

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General Ledger (GL): Definition, Significance, Implementation

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Welcome to our latest blog post, where we embark on a deep dive into the intricacies of the General Ledger (GL) — the bedrock of any business's financial system. We will start with the basics: What exactly is a General Ledger, and why is it paramount to your business's financial health?

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The importance of General Ledger reconciliation for financial reporting

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Maintaining accurate financial records is vital for any business, and the general ledger, as the central repository of financial transactions, plays a critical role in this process. Ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger requires regular reconciliation. What is general ledger reconciliation?