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General ledger (GL)

The complete record of every posted transaction, organized by account.

The master record of everything: every posted transaction, organized by account, with running balances. All reports (trial balance, income statement, balance sheet) are views over the general ledger.

In Bizdivers: Accounting → General Ledger shows every posted line with drill-down into the full entry behind it, filterable by date and basis, exportable to CSV. See The bookkeeper's toolkit.