Imbalances of Debtor Accounts
and Control Accounts

by Carl Bown
(Derby)

Q: What are the possible reasons for imbalances in these accounts?

A: Carl, I assume your question is regarding imbalances between debtor (or creditor) control accounts (general ledger) and between the individual debtor (or creditor) accounts in the debtors or creditors ledger. With that in mind...

Remember that the entries in the control accounts are general entries of totals from the subsidiary ledgers. So any error in "posting" these totals could cause an imbalance.

Likewise, entries in the individual accounts come from the individual entries in the subsidiary journals. So any error in "posting" the individual journal entries to these individual accounts could also cause an imbalance.

I know that is not very specific, but I hope that gives you a better idea of what could have caused an imbalance. If not, pop me another question with more details.