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title: Sales Ledger Overview
description: The Sales Ledger maintains records of transactions between your business and individual Customers. When you setup a new Customer you are creating a Sales Ledger Account.  This account is automatically updated when you enter a Sales Invoice or make an…
url: "https://bigredcloud.com/documents/sales-ledger-overview/"
updated: "2021-08-19"
category: Sales
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# Sales Ledger Overview

The Sales Ledger maintains records of transactions between your business and individual Customers.

When you setup a new Customer you are creating a Sales Ledger Account.  This account is automatically updated when you enter a Sales Invoice or make an entry in the Sales Book.  It is also automatically updated when you record in the Cash Receipts Book details of receipts from a customer and any discount given.

Looking up the Sales Ledger account for a Customer will show you a list of invoices and credit notes you have sent to that Customer, payments received, details of any adjustments made to the account (*e.g.* for discount given) and the balance owed by the Customer.

Information in the Sales Ledger can be accessed in a variety of ways; examining a Sales Ledger Account on screen and displaying/printing reports and Debtor Statements.