Question
Name the various books of original entries.

Answer

  1. Cash Book: To record receipts and payments of cash, including receipts into and payments from the bank.
  2. Purchases Book: To record credit purchases of goods.
  3. Sales Book: To record the credit sales of goods.
  4. Purchases Return Book: To record the return of goods previously purchased on credit.
  5. Sales Return Book: To record the return of credit sales made by customers.
  6. Journal Proper: To record the transactions which cannot be recorded in any of the above books.

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There was a difference in the Trial Balance of M/s. Jain & Sons, prepared for the year ended 31st March, 2009. The accountant put the difference in Suspense Account.
The following errors were found:
  1. Purchases Return Book total ₹ 400 has not been posted to Ledger Account.
  2. ₹ 5,100 spent on legal expense for the newly acquired Building was debited to the Building Account as ₹ 1,500.
  3. A sale of ₹ 6,540 to Rajat has been credited to his account.
  4. Rectify the errors and show the Suspense Account with Nil closing balance.
Explain the statement 'Cash book is a Journalised Ledger'.
Journalise the following transactions in the books of Dixit & Sons.:
2018
 
March 2
Sold goods to Dilip of the list price of ₹ 62,000 for ₹ 60,000.
March 16
Purchased goods costing ₹ 2,00,000 from Hari & Co. Paid 75% immediately by cheque to avail 4% discount.
March 20 Sold goods to Vishal Traders costing ₹ 40,000 at 25% profit, allowing 10% trade discount and 10% cash discount. Received 80% payment immediately by cheque.
March 26 Sold goods to Brij & Co. costing ₹ 50,000 at 40% profit, allowing 10% trade discount and 5% cash discount. Brij & Co. paid the full amount by cheque and availed cash discount.
Feb 1, 2017
Purchased from M/s Brown & Co. on credit.
5 gross pencils @ ₹ 100 per gross.
1 gross registers @ ₹ 200 per dozen.
Less: 10% trade discount.
Feb 2, 2017
Purchased for cash from stationery Mart.
10 gross exercise books @ ₹ 60 per dozen.
Feb 6, 2017
Purchased from The Paper Co.
5 reams of white paper @ ₹ 100 per ream
10 reams of brown paper @ ₹ 65 per ream
Less: trade discount @ 10%
Pass journal entries for the following:
2019
 
Jan. 6
Purchased goods from Henry for ₹ 50,000 on 10% trade discount and 4% cash discount and paid 60% amount by cheque.
Jan. 15
Bought goods from Amit for ₹ 2,00,000 at terms 5% cash discount and 20% trade discount. Paid $\frac{3}{4}\text{th}$ of the amount in cash at the time of purchase.
Jan. 18 Sold goods to Sherpa at the list price of ₹ 50,000 less 20% trade discount and 4% cash discount if the payment is made within 7 days. 75% payment is received by cheque on Jan. 23rd.
Jan. 25 Sold goods to Garima for ₹ 1,00,000, allowed her 20% trade discount and 5% cash discount if the payment is made within 15 days. She paid $\frac{1}{4}\text{th}$ of the amount by cheque on Feb. 5th and 60% of the remainder on Feb. 15th in cash.
Malhotra and Sons find that the bank balance shown by their Cash Book on December 31, 2023 is ₹ 40,500 (credit) but the Pass Book shows a difference due to the following reasons:
i. A cheque for ₹ 5,000 drawn in favour of Manoj has not yet been presented for payment.
ii. A post-dated cheque for ₹ 900 has been debited in the bank column of the Cash Book but it could not have been presented in any case.
iii. Cheques totaling ₹ 10,200 deposited with the Bank have not yet been collected and an another cheque for ₹ 4,000 deposited in the account has been dishonoured.
iv. A bill payable for ₹ 10,000 was retired by the Bank under a rebate of ₹ 150 but the full amount of the bill was credited in the bank column of the Cash Book.
Prepare a Bank Reconciliation Statement and find out the balance as per Pass Book.
Rectify the following errors:
  1. Credit sales to Mohan ₹ 7,000 were recorded as ₹ 700.
  2. Credit purchases from Rohan ₹ 9,000 were recorded. as ₹ 900.
  3. Goods returned to Rakesh ₹ 4,000 were recorded as ₹ 400.
  4. Goods returned from Mahesh ₹ 1,000 were recorded as ₹ 100.
Prepare Bank Reconciliation Statement from the following particulars on June 30, 2016: Bank Statement showed a favourable balance of ₹ 9,214.
  1. On 29th June, the bank credited the sum of ₹ 1,650 in error.
  2. Certain cheques, valued at ₹ 4,500 issued before June 30, were not cleared.
  3. A hire purchase payment of ₹ 950, made by a standing order was not entered in the cash book.
  4. A cheque of ₹ 600 received, deposited and credited by bank, was accounted as a receipt in the cash column of the cash book.
  5. Other cheques for ₹ 8,500 were deposited in June but cheques for ₹ 6,000 only were cleared by the bankers.
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