Books Of Original Entry
Overview
Nobody posts a transaction straight into a ledger account. Every credit sale, every credit purchase, every return and every cash movement is first listed in a book of original entry, a chronological list that gathers similar transactions together before they are summarised and posted. Get the books of original entry right and the ledger practically writes itself; get them wrong and every account fed from them is wrong too.
In this lesson you will learn the purpose of books of original entry, and you will prepare all seven: the purchases day book, the sales day book, the purchases returns book, the sales returns book, the three-column cash book, the petty cash book, and the journal, checking that every total genuinely casts correctly.
Objectives
- Explain the purpose of books of original entry
- Prepare the following books of original entry: purchases day book, sales day book, purchases returns book, sales returns book, three-column cash book, petty cash book, the journal
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- Which book of original entry is used to record a credit sale of goods? A) The journal B) The purchases day book C) The sales day book D) The cash book Answer: C
- A business transfers 200 from cash into its bank account. How is this recorded in the three-column cash book? A) As a credit note B) As a contra entry, credited in the cash column and debited in the bank column C) In the journal only D) It is not recorded, since no external party is involved Answer: B
- A petty cash float is 50.00. During the month, 34.00 is spent. How much is needed to restore the imprest? A) 50.00 B) 34.00 C) 16.00 D) 84.00 Answer: B
- Which book of original entry is used to record the purchase of a non-current asset on credit? A) The purchases day book B) The journal C) The cash book D) The purchases returns book Answer: B
- In a three-column cash book, discount allowed is recorded on which side? A) The credit side, since it is a form of income B) The debit side, alongside the receipt it relates to C) It is not recorded in the cash book at all D) On both sides equally Answer: B
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