 Hello in this presentation we will discuss the discussion question of compare general ledger and chart of accounts. If we have an essay question such as this such as a comparison between two items one way to approach this type of essay question would be to first define the two items and then go through and list the similarities and the differences between those two items. So we're considering the general ledger and the chart of accounts these are two items that can often be confused when first learning the process and so we want to keep them different or differentiated in our minds. When we're considering I'll look at the chart of accounts first because it's pretty much self-explanatory when we look at the chart of accounts we have a chart of accounts so we're going to list the accounts that will be involved. Now notice that that's different the chart of accounts is different than just saying assets liabilities equity and possibly income and expense we're going to have to list