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Tips for Better Managing Cash Flow


1. Determine Your Breakeven Point

2. Focus on Cash Flow Management, not Profits

3. Maintain Some Cash Reserves

4. Use a Cash Flow Worksheet

5. Collect Receivables ASAP

6. Encourage Customers to Pay up Faster

7. Extend Payables as Long as Possible

8. Boost Sales With Creative Incentives

9. Designate a Cash Flow Monitor

10. Use Technology to Your Advantage


     2.Benefits of General Ledger

  • The general ledger provides the position of the business at any given point of time.  For example an Cash ledger will reflect the cash in hand as on date, the bank ledger will reflect the bank balance.
  • It facilitates Bank Reconciliation since all the transactions pertaining to a single bank account are recorded in a single place.  A
  • lso since the ledgers are classified at the time of creation itself,  an organization can view all its debtors ledgers at one go.
  • For auditors, the general ledger is an insight to an organization’s transactions. Detailed analysis of ledgers can give the auditors a deep understanding of the business.  
The very base of accounting is Journal entry and General Ledger is the skilful grouping and presentation of the Journal entries. General ledgers provide structure to accounting and facilitate preparations of trial balance which in turn facilitates preparation of financial statements.



1. Classification of General Ledgers

General ledgers are classified according to their nature. This classification facilitates the preparation of financial statements. The classification is as follows:
  • Expense Ledgers: All expenses incurred will be posted in this ledger. Purchase Account, Rent Account,  Electricity account, Maintenance Account and the like will all fall under this category.
    • Income ledgers: All income accrued/earned will be posted in this account. Sales,  interest received, Discounts received accounts will fall under this category.
  • Capital ledger: All accounts pertaining to Capital introduced/drawings will fall under this ledger.
  • Asset ledger: All accounts pertaining to assets will be posted in this ledger.  Cash, Bank, Debtors, Machinery, Furniture accounts and the like will fall under this category.
  • Liability ledger: All accounts pertaining to debts or obligations of the organization will be posted here.  This will include Borrowings, Creditors, Accounts payable and so on.

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