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Journal

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The chronological, day-to-day transactions of a business are recorded in sales, cash receipts, and cash disbursements journals. A general journal is used to enter period end adjusting and closing entries and other special transactions not entered in the other journals. In a traditional, manual accounting system, each of these journals is a collection of multi-column spreadsheets usually contained in a hardcover binder.

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