Business Documentation
Overview
Long before a single figure reaches a ledger account, it starts life on a piece of paper (or its digital equivalent): an order, an invoice, a credit note. These business documents are not paperwork for its own sake, they are the evidence trail that makes double-entry bookkeeping possible, and every figure that later appears in a day book can be traced back to one of them.
In this lesson you will learn why business documents exist and what each one proves, and you will prepare a purchase order, a purchase invoice and sales invoice, a credit note, a statement of account, a remittance advice, a petty cash voucher and a cash receipt, calculating trade discount, cash discount and running balances correctly at every stage.
Objectives
- Explain the purpose of business documents
- Prepare the following business documents: purchase order, purchase invoice, sales invoice, credit note, statement of account, remittance advice, petty cash voucher
- Prepare a cash receipt
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- A trader sells 30 items at 5.00 each to a credit customer, less a trade discount of 10%. Identify the total shown on the sales invoice. A) 150.00 B) 145.00 C) 135.00 D) 15.00 Answer: C
- Which document is sent by a buyer with a payment to state which invoice it settles? A) Purchase order B) Credit note C) Statement of account D) Remittance advice Answer: D
- A customer returns goods originally invoiced at 80.00 before a 15% trade discount. Identify the value of the credit note. A) 80.00 B) 68.00 C) 12.00 D) 92.00 Answer: B
- Which document authorises a small cash payment from a business's cash float for minor expenses? A) Cash receipt B) Petty cash voucher C) Purchase order D) Statement of account Answer: B
- An invoice for 200.00 offers a cash discount of 5% for payment within 14 days. Identify the amount paid if the customer pays within the 14 days. A) 200.00 B) 195.00 C) 190.00 D) 210.00 Answer: C
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