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Sep 2018
12m 6s

3 - General Ledgers & Trial Balances

JAMES STEWART
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In this episode, we discuss the flow of accounting from how our journal entries are recorded in the general ledger, summarized in the trial balance, and then presented on the financial statements and tax returns. 
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