Ledger


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1.To open ledger view, go to menu Master > Ledger. There are some pre-defined ledgers available with different Ledger Groups. Opening Balance, Opening Stock and Profit & Loss these Accounting ledgers are created under the Ledger Group Primary. You cannot delete or edit these ledgers.
2.To Create new Ledger: Click on toolbar button New. There are four tabs in the ledger frame.

Info: Info tab contains Ledger Details.
Address: It is used to maintain multiple addresses of a ledger.
Image: There are three buttons in the image tab of ledger frame.
Labels: You can select the particular label for the ledger, which you want.

Discount: Billing Group:To visible Billing Group Tab in ledger dialog, go to Setup > Configuration > Tax Setting > Click on check box "Enable Custom Billing Group". After adding details, click on OK or Apply button.

3. Click on toolbar button Edit to edit or modify selected ledger.

4. Click on the toolbar button Delete to delete selected ledger.

5. Click on the toolbar button Print to print the list of ledger details.

To see preview before printing go to Setup > Configuration > General Setting > Click on check box Show Preview Before Print.
You can email the ledger report and save as PDF and Excel.

Type of Ledgers:

Ledger Group for Assets:

Fixed Assets:

The word fix  indicates that these assets won’t be sold in the current bookkeeping year.Examples of fixed assets are buildings, furniture, office equipment, machinery etc. This fixed asset is useful in calculating overall revenue of the company.Fixed assets are classified into two main types: Tangible and Intangible Assets.

Tangible Fixed Assets:

Tangible Assets are the assets that you can touch for example, buildings, land, hardware, various equipment, vehicles, furniture etc.

 

Intangible Fixed Assets:

Intangible Assets means assets which can not be touched. For example:  goodwill of your business, licenses, registered or trademarked names, and even phone numbers, any innovation, and websites if you ever plan to sell.

 

Current Assets:

Current Assets are the assets which are expected to be converted to cash within a year. Current assets include cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, stock inventory, marketable securities, pre-paid liabilities etc.

 It is a grouping of all accounts related to customers to whom goods have been sold on credit. Sum of all the money owed to a business by their customers is shown here and is termed as Accounts Receivable, Trade Debtors or Sundry Debtors.

Sundry Creditors

Accounts related to sellers from whom goods have been purchased on credit. Sum of all the money owed by a business to their sellers is shown here and is termed as Accounts Payable, Trade Creditors or Sundry Creditors.

Direct Expenses:

 Direct  as the word suggests are those expenses which are completely related and assigned to the core business operations of a company. They are mainly related to purchases and production of goods/services. Direct expenses are a part of the prime cost or the cost of goods/services sold  by a company.

Direct expenses are directly related to the production of the product sold or service rendered, they may differ for different types of companies, such as manufacturing companies, construction companies, service companies, etc.

Direct expenses are shown on the debit side of a trading account.

Examples of Direct Expenses

Wages

Factory rent

Cost of raw material

Premises renting

Fuel

Carriage inwards

Indirect Expenses

Unlike direct, indirect expenses are not directly related and assigned to the core business operations of a firm. Indirect expenses are necessary to keep the business up and running, but they can’t be directly related to the cost of the core revenue generating products or services.

Just like direct expenses, indirect expenses can also be different for different types of organisations. These are usually shared costs among different departments/segments within the firm. 

Indirect expenses are shown on the debit side of an income statement.

Examples of Indirect Expenses

Salaries

Telephone bills

Printing  and stationery

Legal  and Accounting charges

Carriage outwards

Difference between Direct and Indirect Expenses

Direct Expenses

Indirect Expenses

1. Expenses or direct costs incurred while manufacturing the main  product  or  service  of the company are termed as direct expenses.

1. Expenses or indirect costs which are notdirectly related to the core product  or  service  of the company are termed as indirect expenses.

2. They become a part of the total cost of goods/services sold.

2. Indirect expenses are not included in the total cost of goods/services sold.

3. Shown on the debit side of a trading account.

3. Shown on the debit side of an income statement.

4. Direct expenses can be allocated to a specific product, department or segment.

4. Indirect expenses are usually shared among different products, departments and segments.

5. Examples – Direct labour or wages, cost of raw material, power, rent of factory, etc.

5. Examples – Printing cost, utility bills, legal  and consultancy, etc.

 

 

Ledger Group 

Ledger Name to be created 

Descriptions

Capital Account

Capital Account

Partners /Owners Drawings A/c

Share Capital A/C

Partner's Current Account

Current Asset

TDS Paid

TCS Paid

Goodwill

Bills Receivable

Accrued Income

Prepaid Insurance

To account the insurance paid for the next Financial year.

Income Tax Advance

Bank Accounts

Bank Accounts

All bank account Current account, OD Account, CC Account, savings accounts etc. For  Axis Bank A/c

Bank OCC Account

Bank CC Accounts

Bank OD Account

Bank  OD Accounts

Cash- In - Hand

Petty Cash A/c

Cash A/c

default account

Loans &  Advances (Asset)

Salary Advance

Loans to sister concern

Loans to director

Loans to partner

Stock in hand

Opening Stock

Closing Stock

Sundry Debtors

Customer Ledger

All customers ledger who buys products or services from business

Current Liabilities

Bills Payable

Outstanding Expense

Lease Payable

Income Tax payable

GST Payable

TDS Payable

TCS Payable

Expense Payable

Divident Payable

Unearned Revenue

Duties & Taxes

Sales Tax A/c

Output Vat

Input Vat

TDS Account

Eg: TDS on Interest

TCS Account

Eg: TCS on Motor vehcile

Excise Duty

CST A/c

Service tax

CGST

Type of duty should be gst

SGST

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IGST

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UGST

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CESS

Tax type selected cess

Provisions

Provision for Bad Debts

Audit Fee Payable

Salary Payable

Wages Payable

TDS Payable

TCS Payable

Compound tax payable

Income Tax Payable

Telephone charges Payable

Rent Payable

Sundry Creditors

Supplier Ledgers

The supllier from whome you purchase raw materials and other thng for business in credit.

Direct Expense

Wages Account

Repair & Maintenance

Freight Paid

Freight paid for the purchase of materials for selling or manufacturing

Factory Lighting

Factory Rent

Import Duty

Royalty

For Mining, leasing etc

Labor

Power

Electricity charges ( Factory )

Loading & Unloading Exp

Ware House Expense

Custom clearing charges

Carriage

Freight Charges

Coal & Fuel

Gas chares ( Factory )

Water Charges ( Factory )

Export Duty

Delivery charges ( Buying raw material)

Diesel Expense ( Factory )

Fixed Asset

Land A/c

Building

Plant & Machinery

Motor Vehicles

Furniture & Fixtures

Computer & Peripherals

Computer software

Most Expensive software if purchased

Long Term Investment

Indirect Expense

Interest On Capital

Salary Account

Vary in relation to the nature of business, Some time salary account termed as direct expense.

Directors Remuneration

Partners salary

Professional Fees

Legal charges

Interest on loan

Depreciation

Amortization

Audit Fee

Insurance

Local Conveyance

Miscellaneous Expense

Rates & Taxes

Round off

Printing & Stationery

Travelling Expense

Vehicle Expense

Telephone Charges

Communication Expense

Advertising charges

Discount Allowed

Staff Welfare Expense

Compound Tax Paid

Courier Charges

Commission Paid

Interest on Income Tax

Tea & Coffee Expense

Bank Charges

Rent Expense ( Office )

Maintenance Expense ( Office , Building )

Sample Free

Interest on VAT

Interest on TDS

Interest on TCS

Donation & Charity

Penalty

Loss by fire

Loss By theft

Legal Charges

Bad Debts

Diesel/Petrol Expense

For travelling, cars for managers etc

Freight Received

To account the freight charges received from customers. Eg: Transportation using Lorry

Scrap Sale

sale of small amount carton box, machinery damaged parts etc.

Commission Received

Interest Received

Interest On Investment Received

Indirect Income

Freight Received

To account the freight charges received from customers. Eg: Transportation using Lorry

Commission Received

Interest Received

Interest On Investment Received

Discount Received

Bad Debt Recovered

Investments

Investment in Share

Loans ( Liability)

Loan Account

For Eg: ICICI Bank Loan a/c

Bank OD A/c ( Bank OCC A/c )

Bank OD /CC Accounts

Secured Loans

Car loan

Housing Loan A/c

Mortgage Loan

Assets are pledged against loans

Secured Credit card A/c

credit cards issued against fixed deposit

Unsecured Loans

Students loan

Credit  Cards

Personal Loans

Miscellaneous Expense ( Asset)

Pre- operative expense

Purchase Account

All Purchase ledger created

Sales Account

Sale Ledger

Suspense A/c

Suspense A/c

Any unknown payment received, any difference in cash balance could not figured out. Can put the balance under suspense until it is figured out.

Profit & Loss A/c

Profit & loss account

created automatically