Explore how journals simplify and organize transactions in accounting.

Indicators for this outcome
(a) Identify the information contained in source documents.
(b) Justify the importance of a journal as a permanent legal entity or legal document as it connects to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs).
(c) Identify columns (i.e., general debit, general credit, special amount columns) of a combination journal.
(d) Analyze and record business transactions into a journal or journals referencing a chart of accounts.
(e) Prove the total of debit columns equals the total of credit columns.
(f) Prove cash by determining that the amount of cash in the journal agrees with the accounting records (e.g., cheque stub).
(g) Analyze, explain and correct discrepancies when preparing a series of accounting proofs such as slide, divide by 9, and double/half.
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