General Ledger
Financial Reports
Financial Reports for a merchandising business.
How to run the program
Launch Notepad ++
File name
Run and select desired browser to launch
Click on Button Financial Reports for a merchandising business.
Changing Company Name
Load Notepad++
Click on File and open program.
Line 484 contains the name of the company for the trial balance without adjustments.
Line 476 contains the name of the company for the adjusted trial balance
Substitute desired company name on these lines.
Repeat for the additional forms: 40 for balance sheet, 180 Stockholders' Equity and 201 for the Income Statement.
Save Program.
Editing Accounts and Entering Balances
Load Notepad++
Get the file
The function displayAllMdse() is between lines 24 and 541.
Find the account name you want to change.
Replace your new account name with the old one and new balance.
Determine how many spaces the numbers need to be separated from the account names.
If you do not want to use a particular account type // before the line.
Save your program and run.
Adjustments for depreciation and ending inventory
Enter adjustments for accumuated depreciation for vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Add them up and enter the total under balance for depreciation expense.
Enter the ending inventory on line 458 after Balance:.
Posting to Accounts
Launch Notepad++
Get the program.
Locate the account to be posted var Debit = number(0); or var Credit = number(0);
Put your number inside the parentheses.
Save the program and test.
Closing the Books
Isolate the income or sales accounts.
Debit these accounts using the balance in the account.
Isolate each expense account.
Credit each with the amount in the expense account.
Debugging/Finding Errors
Execute the program
Press F12 key to activate javaScript debugger.
Errors and lines are reported in the console
Correct error, save and retry