Posting Now that the transactions have been journalized in the general journal, the next stage in the accounting cycle is to post all general journal entries to the general ledger. Instructions for posting 1) Post the transactions from the general journal to the general ledger accounts. To confirm that the posting has been performed, a posting reference is recorded in the Post Ref. column in the general journal. 2) Record the final unadjusted balance of each ledger account in the Unadjusted Balance row of each ledger, even for ledgers with a balance of zero. Although each ledger already has a running balance, the Unadjusted Balance row must still be filled out in order to receive full points. Remember to enter all answers to the nearest whole dollar. Back-On-Track functionality Please note that any answers from previous pages carried through onto this page (either on the page or in a popup information page) have been reset, if necessary, to the correct answers. Your particular answers from previous pages are no longer shown. Additional instructions Displaying selected accounting records: To save space, not all accounting records (e.g. journals and ledgers) will be displayed on every page. However, on each page you can access all accounting records necessary to answer the questions on that page. There are several tabs representing different views of the accounting records. The active tab by default is Show All, but you may also select to view just one particular accounting record by selecting the appropriate tab. If you fill in any accounting records and change the view on the page by selecting a different tab, the information that you have entered will remain in that accounting record and be displayed whenever you can see that accounting record. Before submitting your answers, we recommend that you click the Show All tab and check that all relevant accounting records have been completed. You are required to complete all relevant accounting records before pressing the Submit button. Once submitted, you will not be able to return to the page to re-enter or alter your answers. General journal: For the general journal, in the Post Ref. column you will need to correctly type the account number of the account you are posting to. General ledger: Some ledger accounts may have blank rows left at the end of this web page. Each line of a transaction entered into the general journal must be posted as a single line to the corresponding general ledger account. When posting, you must not combine two or more entries in the general journal and post them as a single line of entry into the general ledger. Instead, you must post each line entered into the general journal separately. When posting a transaction to a ledger account, under the Description column, please type the description of the transaction directly into the field. The exact wording does not matter for grading purposes. For example, it does not matter in an electricity transaction if you type 'Paid for electricity' or 'Paid electricity bill'. For each ledger, under the Ref. column, you need to select the correct journal from a list in the drop- down box provided, in order to receive full points. If the balance of a ledger account is zero you do not need to select a debit or credit from the drop-down box.