Explanation
Ledger Folio , abbreviated as L.F., is a column in the journal where in the page number of the ledger book on which the relevant account appears is recorded. In the journal, this column is filled up at the time of posting and not at the time of making journal entry.
The account Sales is credited because a corporation's sales of products will cause its stockholders equity to increase. A sole proprietorship's sales will cause the owners equity to increase.The Sales account is used in order to keep a tally of the sales made during an accounting year.
However, when the accounting year is completed, the credit balance will be moved via closing entries to the corporation's retained earnings account or in case of a sole proprietorship, to the owner's capital account.
Subsidiary Books are books of Original Entry. They are also known as Day Book or special journals. We record transactions of similar nature are in Subsidiary Books. There are various subsidiary books like Sales Book, Sales Day Book, Purchase Book, Sales Return Book, etc.
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