Ledger Account

Adjusting Journal Entry (AJE)
An Adjusting Journal Entry (AJE) is an entry made in an accounting journal to allocate income or expenses to the period in which they actually occurred, typically as a part of the end-of-period adjustments to the financial statements.
Application and Allotment Account
An essential ledger account in the process of share capital application and allotment, detailing the financial transactions related to the acquisition of shares in a company.
Impersonal Account
An impersonal account is a type of ledger account that does not bear the name of an individual and includes nominal accounts and real accounts.
Interest Receivable Account
A ledger account credited with interest receivable until received, after which it is moved to the bank and credited to the profit and loss account for the period.
Ledger Account
A ledger account is a record in a ledger where all the financial transactions pertaining to a specific person, item, or activity (such as a debtor or stock item) are documented.

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