Posting to Ledger Accounts


The third step of accounting process is to post the journal entries to the ledger accounts. After posting all the journal entries, the balance of each account is calculated. The balance of an asset, expense, contra-liability and contra-equity account is calculated by subtracting the sum of its credit side from the sum of its debit side. The balance of a liability, equity and contra-asset account is calculated the opposite way i.e. by subtracting the sum of its debit side from the sum of its credit side.
The ledger account shown below are derived from the journal entries of  Company A