Q. Explain journal entry?
A journal is a sequential arranged in order of time record of business transactions. A journal entry is the stacking of a business transaction in the journal. A journal entry demonstrates all the effects of a business transaction as expressed in debit(s) and credit(s) and may comprise an explanation of the transaction. A transaction is entered in a journal prior to it is entered in ledger accounts. For the reason that each transaction is initially recorded in a journal rather than directly in the ledger a journal is called as a book of original entry.