Assets Ledger account balancing | Ledger

Assets Ledger account are those accounts that are related to assets of the business. Assets mean something valuable that a business owns and get benefits from it in the future or has use of it in generating income.

Steps of closing assets Ledger account: -

It is also known as the Closing of assets Ledger account for the specific account. The closing of ledger accounts is included in the following steps: -

• 1st Step: Totaling both sides.
• 2nd Step: Writes the total of the largest side on both sides.
• 3rd Step: Subtract the shorter side total from the larger side total.
• 4th Step: Now, Write a balanced amount of the larger side which we get after subtracting it from the shorter side on the shorter side of the ledger account.

Now we will explain it further with the help of the following illustration.

We will show only transactions related to the particular Asset account

Illustration:

Prepare Bank A/c for the Month of Jan-18.

Date	Transaction	Amount
01/01/18	Debit balance in the Bank a/c	300,000
08/01/18	Purchase goods from Pawan and paid with a cheque	200,000
22/01/18	Sold goods to Shallu and she paid with a cheque	175,000
31/01/18	Salary paid to Employees	50,000

Solution:

After posting all the transaction in the journal and then posted it in the ledger we will get a ledger account as shown below:

Bank A/c

Date	Particulars	J.F.	Amount	Date	Particulars	J.F.	Amount
01/01/18	To Balance B/d		300,000	08/01/18	By Purchase a/c		200,000
22/01/18	To Sale a/c		175,000	31/01/18	By Salary a/c		50,000