LESSON 3 4 Proving and Ruling a Journal

LESSON 3 -4 Proving and Ruling a Journal CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 3 -4

2 PROVING A JOURNAL PAGE 1 2 page 73 2 3 1. Add each of the amount columns. 2. Add the debit column totals, and then add the credit column totals. 3. Verify that the total debits and total credits are equal. CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 3 -4

3 RULING A JOURNAL PAGE 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3 page 74 1 Rule a single line. Write the date. Write Carried Forward. Write each column total. Rule double lines. CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 5 4 LESSON 3 -4

4 STARTING A NEW JOURNAL PAGE page 75 1 2 3 1. Write the page number. 4 2. Write the date. 3. Write Brought Forward in the Account Title column. A check mark is also placed in the Post. Ref. column. 4. Record the column totals brought forward from the previous page. CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 3 -4

5 PROVING AND RULING A JOURNAL AT THE END OF A MONTH 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3 page 75 1 Rule a single line. On the next line, write the date. Write the word Totals. Write each column total. Rule double lines. CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning 5 4 LESSON 3 -4

6 STANDARD ACCOUNTING PRACTICES 2 3 4 page 77 1 5 6 7 8 9 CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 3 -4

7 TERM REVIEW page 78 n proving cash CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning LESSON 3 -4