“Accounting basics a complete study dr.t.venkatesan

One Week Short-term Course on
“Accounting Basics A Complete
Study”
Dr. T.VENKATESAN
HOD & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
SANSKRITHI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PUTTAPARTHI
ANDHRA PRADESH, CELL NO:9894297331
EMAIL: hod@sanskrithibschool.com

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Outline
In detail view of Everyday session topic
covers:
This is a comprehensive course, covering each
and every topic in detail. In this course, you
will learn Fundamentals of Accounting, step by
step covering the following:
Day -1
Introduction to Accounting;
Book Keeping;
Accounting – Objectives and Process;
Accountancy, Accounting and Book Keeping;

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Day -2
Technical Terms in Accounting
Accounting Assumptions, Concepts and Principles
Double Entry System
Day-3
Basic Accounting Procedures
Rules for Debit and Credit
Day-4
Journalising Process
Ledger
Subsidiary Books covering Sales and Purchases
Books
Purchase Returns and Sales Returns Books

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Day-5
Cash Book
Bills of Exchanges and Related Books
Journal Book / Journal Proper
Day-6
Trial Balance
Bank Reconciliation Statement
Final Accounts.
Accounting Terminology

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Need for Accounting
Accounting is often referred to as the language of
business. In a business there are numerous
transactions. Sales, purchases, borrowings,
payment of wages, salaries and other expenses,
receipt and negotiation of bills, acceptance of bills,
opening and maintaining bank accounts, purchase
and sale of fixed assets, payment of taxes are a few
of the transactions one may mention.

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Who contributed capital would like to know
answers to the following questions
1. What has happened to our capital
2. What are the results of operations
undertaken by the business that has been
started.
3.What amounts are receivables from
customers to whom goods have been sold
on credit.
4.What amounts are payable to suppliers on
account of purchases
5.What amounts are due to institutions from
where moneys have been borrowed.

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6.what were the cash inflows and
outflows during the accounting period.
7.How much of the profit made has been
distributed and ho much is retained in
the business.
8. What are the possessions assets of the
business
9. How the assets of the business have
been financed.
Cont...

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Introduction to Accounting
According to the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants “Accounting
is the art of recording, classifying and
summarising in a significant manner and
in terms of money, transactions and
events which are in part, at least of a
financial character and interpreting the
results thereof ”.

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Objectives of Accounting
Following are the objectives of accounting:
i) To keep a systematic record of financial transactions and
events
ii) To ascertain the profit or loss of the business enterprise
iii) To ascertain the financial position or status of the
enterprise
iv) To provide information to various stakeholders for their
requirements
v) To protect the properties of an enterprise and
vi) To ascertain the solvency and liquidity position of an
enterprise

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Functions of Accounting
(i)Measurement
(ii) Forecasting
(iii)Comparison
(iv) Decision making
(v) Control
(vi) Assistance to government

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Importance of Accounting
(i) Systematic records
(ii) Preparation of financial statements
(iii) Assessment of progress
(iv) Aid to decision making
(v) as per the legal requirements
(vi) Information to interested groups
(vii) Legal evidence
(viii) Computation of tax
(ix) Settlement during merger

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Users of Accounting
Information
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l The basic objective of accounting is to provide information
which is useful for persons and groups inside and outside the
organisation.
l I. Internal users:
l Internal users are those individuals or groups who are within
the organisation like owners, management, employees and
trade unions.
l II. External users:
l External users are those individuals or groups who are
outside the organisation like creditors, investors, banks and
other lending institutions, present and potential investors,
Government, tax authorities, regulatory agencies and
researchers.

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Branches of Accounting
l (i) Financial Accounting
l (ii)Corporate Accounting
l (iii) Cost Accounting
l (iv) Management Accounting
l (v) Human Resources Accounting
l (vi) Social Responsibility accounting

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Book-keeping
Book-keeping is the process of recording
financial transactions in the books of accounts.
It is the primary stage in the accounting
process. It includes recording the transactions
and classifying the same under proper heads.
Book-keeping work is of routine nature.
Transactions may be recorded in the
accounting note books and ledgers or may be
recorded in a computer.

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Advantages of Book-keeping
Book-keeping has the following advantages:
i. Transactions are recorded systematically in
chronological order in the book of accounts. Thus,
book-keeping provides a permanent and reliable
record for all business transactions.
ii. Book-keeping is useful to get the financial
information.
iii. It helps to have control over various business
activities.
iv. Records provided by business serve as a legal
evidence in case of any dispute.
v. Comparison of financial information over the years is
possible. Also comparison of financial information of
different business units is facilitated.
vi. Book-keeping is useful to find out the tax liability.

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Accounting principles
l Accounting principles are the basic norms and
assumptions developed and established as the
basis for accounting system. These principles
are adopted by the accountants universally.
These accounting principles provide uniformity
and consistency in the accounting methods
and process. Such accounting principles are
known as Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP).

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GAAPS
l Business entity- Owner and
business are two different entities.
l Money measurement- Only
monetary transactions are
recorded
l Going concern- Business will
continue for a foreseeable future
l Cost- Assets are recorded at cost
price

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l Dual aspect- Every transaction has
two aspects – debit aspect and
credit aspect
l Periodicity- Accounts are closed at
the end of accounting period. It is
generally one year.
l Matching- Expenses relating to a
particular period are to be
matched with revenues relating to
that period.

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l Realisation- Revenue should be
recorded only when it is realised.
l Objective evidence- Every
transaction must have a
supporting evidence
l Accrual- Transaction is recorded
when it is entered into and not
when settlement takes place.
l Consistency- Accounting rules and
practices should be continuously
observed

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l Full disclosure- Accounts must
disclose full and fair information.
l Conservatism- While recording
transactions, only the prospective
losses and not the prospective
incomes should be considered

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Accounting Standards (AS)
l Accounting Standards provide the framework
and norms to be followed in accounting so that
the financial statements of different
enterprises become comparable. It is
necessary to standardise the accounting
principles to ensure consistency,
comparability, adequacy and reliability of
financial reporting. In the words of Kohler,
“Accounting standards are codes of conduct
imposed by customs, law or professional
bodies for the benefit of public accountants
and accountants generally”

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International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS)
l International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) are issued by the International
Accounting Standard Board (IASB). IFRS is a
set of International Accounting Standards
stating how particular types of transactions
and other events should be reported in
financial statements. IFRS are issued to
develop Accounting Standards that would be
acceptable worldwide and to improve financial
reporting internationally.

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Accounting Standards in India
l In India, Standards of Accounting is issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India constituted Accounting Standards Board (ASB) on
21st April, 1977 recognising the need for Accounting
Standards in India. ASB formulates Accounting
Standards so that such standards may be established
by the Council of the Institute in India. The ASB will
consider the applicable law, custom, usage, business
environment and the International Accounting
Standards while framing Accounting Standards (AS) in
India.

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Basic Accounting terminologies
l Transaction- An activity which involves transfer of
money or money’s worth (goods, services, ideas) from
one person to another.
l Cash transaction- It is a transaction which involves
immediate cash receipt or immediate cash payment.
l Credit transaction- It is a transaction in which cash is
not received or paid immediately, but will be received or
paid later.
l Account- It is the basic unit for measurement in
accounting. It is used for identifying a person, or an
item in accounting. An account is opened individually for
a person, asset, expense, income, etc. In ledger, an
account is a summary of transactions under a head.

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l Capital- It is the amount invested by the
owner or proprietor in an organisation.
l Drawings- It is the amount of cash or value
of goods, assets, etc., withdrawn from the
business by the owner for the personal use of
the owner.
l Voucher- Any written or printed document in
support of a business transaction is called a
voucher. Examples: cash receipt, invoice, cash
memo, bank pay in- slip, etc.
l Invoice- It is a statement prepared by a seller
of goods to be sent to the buyer. It shows
details of quantity, price, value, etc. of the
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l Goods- It includes articles, things or
commodities in which a business is dealing
with. Example: Furniture will be goods for
those who deal in furniture.
l Purchases- Buying of goods with the
intention of resale is called purchases.
l Purchases returns or returns outward-
When goods bought are returned to the
suppliers, it is known as purchases returns or
returns outward.
l Sales- When goods meant for resale are sold,
it is called sales.

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l Sales returns or returns inward-
When goods sold are returned by the
customers, it is called as sales returns
or returns inward.
l Stock- Unsold goods lying in a business
on a particular date are known as stock.
l Income- It is the amount receivable or
realised from sale of goods and
earnings from interest, dividend,
commission, etc.
l Expense- It is the amount incurred in
order to produce and sell the goods and
services.

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l Solvency-Solvency is the
capability of a person or an
enterprise to pay the debts.
l Insolvency-Insolvency is the
incapability of a person or an
enterprise to pay the debts.
l Asset-Any physical thing or right
owned that has a monetary value
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l Liability-It refers to the financial
obligation of the business.
l Debtor-A person who receives a
benefit without giving money or
money’s worth immediately, but
liable to pay in future or in due
course of time.
l Creditor-A person who gives a
benefit without receiving money or
money’s worth immediately but to
claim in future.

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l Depreciation-It refers to the
gradual reduction in the value of
fixed assets due to usage and
passage of time.
l Bad debt-It is a loss to the
business arising out of failure of a
debtor to pay the dues. It is
irrecoverable debt.

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Double Entry System
There are numerous transactions in a business concern. Each
transaction when closely analysed, reveals two aspects. One
aspect will be “receiving aspect” or “incoming aspect” or
“expenses/loss aspect”. This is termed as the “Debit aspect”.
The other aspect will be “giving aspect” or “outgoing aspect”
or “income/gain aspect”. This is termed as the “Credit aspect”.
These two aspects namely “Debit aspect” and “Credit aspect”
form the basis of Double Entry System. The double entry
system is so named since it records both the aspects of a
transaction.

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Features
i. Every business transaction affects two
accounts.
ii. Each transaction has two aspects, i.e.,
debit and credit.
iii. It is based upon accounting
assumptions concepts and principles.
iv. Helps in preparing trial balance which
is a test of arithmetical
accuracy in accounting.
v. Preparation of final accounts with the
help of trial balance.

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Approaches of Recording
There are two approaches for
recording a transaction.
l I. Accounting Equation Approach
l II. Traditional Approach

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l Accounting Equation Approach
l This approach is also called as the
American Approach. Under this
method
l transactions are recorded based on
the accounting equation, i.e.,
l Assets = Liabilities + Capital
l This will be discussed in detail in
the next chapter.

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II. Traditional Approach
This approach is also called as the
British Approach. Recording of
business transactions under this
method are formed on the basis of
the existence
of two aspects (debit and credit) in
each of the transactions. All the
business. transactions are
recorded in the books of accounts
under the ‘Double Entry System’.

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Account
Every transaction has two aspects and each
aspect has an account. It is stated that ‘an
account is a summary of relevant transactions
at one place relating to a particular head’.
Classification of Accounts
Transactions can be divided into three
categories.
i. Transactions relating to individuals and firms
ii. Transactions relating to properties, goods or
cash
iii. Transactions relating to expenses or losses
and incomes or gains.

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Personal Accounts : The accounts which
relate to persons.
Personal accounts include the following.
i. Natural Persons : Accounts which relate to
individuals. For example, Mohan’s A/c,
Shyam’s A/c etc.
ii. Artificial persons : Accounts which relate to a
group of persons or firms or institutions. For
example, HMT Ltd., Indian Overseas Bank, Life
Insurance Corporation of India, Cosmopolitan
club etc.
iii. Representative Persons: Accounts which
represent a particular person or group of
persons. For example, outstanding salary
account, prepaid insurance account, etc.

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Impersonal Accounts:
Impersonal Accounts: All those accounts
which are not personal accounts. This is
further divided into two types viz. Real and
Nominal accounts.
i. Real Accounts: Accounts relating to properties
and assets which are owned by the business
concern. Real accounts include tangible and
intangible accounts. For example, Land,
Building, Goodwill, Purchases, etc.
ii. Nominal Accounts: These accounts do not
have any existence, form or shape. They
relate to incomes and expenses and gains and
losses of a business concern. For example,
Salary Account, Dividend Account, etc.

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Rules for Debiting and Crediting
In actual practice, the individual transactions of similar
nature are recorded, added and subtracted at one
place. Such place is customarily the meaning of debit
and credit, it is essential to understand the meaning
and form of an account.
An account is a record of all business transactions
relating to a particular person or asset or liability or
expense or income. In accounting, we keep a
separate record of each individual, asset, liability,
expense or income.
The place where such a record is maintained is
termed as an ‘Account’. All accounts are divided into
two sides. The left hand side of an account is called
Debit side and the right hand side of an account is
called Credit side. In the abbreviated form Debit is
written as Dr. and Credit is written as Cr.

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Nature of Account
The accounting equation is a statement of equality
between the debits and the credits. The rules of debit
and credit depend on the nature of an account. For this
purpose, all the accounts are classified into the
following five categories in the accounting equation
approach:-
1.Assets Accounts
2. Capital Account
3. Liabilities Accounts
4. Revenues or Incomes Accounts
5. Expenses or Losses Accounts If there is an increase or
decrease in one account, there will be equal decrease
or increase in another account. Accordingly, the
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The rules may be summarised
as below :-
1. Increases in assets are debits; decreases in
assets are credits.
2. Increases in capital are credits; decreases in
capital are debits.
3. Increases in liabilities are credits; decreases
in liabilities are debits.
4. Increases in incomes and gains are credits;
decreases in incomes and gains are debits.
5. Increases in expenses and losses are debits;
decreases in expenses and losses are
credits.

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Golden Rules for Debit and
Credit:
1. Personal Accounts –
a) Debit the receiver
b) b) Credit the giver
2. Real Accounts –
a) Debit what comes in
b) Credit what goes out
3. Nominal Accounts –
a) Debit all expenses and losses
b) Credit all incomes and gains

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Books of Original Entry
Books of Original Entry The books in
which a transaction is recorded for
the first time from a source
document are called Books of
Original Entry or Prime Entry. Journal
is one of the books of original entry
in which transactions are originally
recorded in a chronological (day-to-
day) order according to the principles
of Double Entry System.

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Journal
Journal is a date-wise record of all
the transactions with details of the
accounts debited and credited and
the amount of each transaction.

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Steps in Journalising The
process of analysing the
business
Transactions under the heads of debit and
credit and recording them in the Journal is
called Journalising.
An entry made in the journal is called a
‘Journal Entry’.
Step 1 → Determine the two accounts which
are involved in the transaction.
Step 2 → Classify the above two accounts
under Personal, Real or Nominal.
Step 3 → Find out the rules of debit and credit
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l Step 4 → Identify which account is to be debited
and which account is to be credited.
l Step 5 → Record the date of transaction in the date
column. The year and month is written once, till they
change. The sequence of the dates and months
should be strictly maintained.
l Step 6 → Enter the name of the account to be
debited in the particulars column very close to the
left hand side of the particulars column followed by
the abbreviation Dr. in the same line. Against this,
the amount to be debited is written in the debit
amount column in the same line.

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Step 7 → Write the name of the account
to be credited in the second line starts
with the word ‘To’ a few space away
from the margin in the particulars
column. Against this, the amount to be
credited is written in the credit amount
column in the same line.
Step 8 → Write the narration within
brackets in the next line in the
particulars column.
Step 9 → Draw a line across the entire
particulars column to separate one
journal entry from the other.

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Illustrations Example 1:
Journalise the following transactions of
Mrs.Rama Rs. 2004,
Jan 1 Mrs.Rama commenced business with cash
30,000
2 Paid into bank 21,000
3 Purchased goods by cheque 15,000
7 Drew cash from bank for office use 3,000
15 Purchased goods from Siva 15,000
20 Cash sales 30,000
25 Paid to Siva 14,750
Discount Received 250
31 Paid rent 500 Paid Salaries 2,000

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Ledger
In the Journal, each transaction is dealt with
separately. Therefore, it is not possible to
know at a glance, the net result of many
transactions. So, in order to ascertain the
net effect of all the transactions relating to
a particular account are collected at one
place in the Ledger.
According to L.C. Cropper, ‘the book which
contains a classified and permanent record
of all the transactions of a business is
called the Ledger’.

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Posting
Posting The process of transferring the
entries recorded in the journal or
subsidiary books to the respective
accounts opened in the ledger is called
Posting. In other words, posting means
grouping of all the transactions relating to
a particular account at one place.
It is necessary to post all the journal entries
into various accounts in the ledger
because posting helps us to know the net
effect of various transactions during a
given period on a particular account

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Illustration 1 Mr. Ram started business with cash Rs.
5,00,000 on 1st June 2003. The above transaction will
appear in Journal and Ledger as under.

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Posting of Compound Journal
Entries
Posting of Compound Journal Entries Compound
or Combined Journal Entry is one where more
than one transactions are recorded by passing
only one journal entry instead of passing
several journal entries. Since every debit must
have the corresponding equal amount of
credit, special care must be taken in posting
the compound journal entry, where there may
be only one debit aspect but many
corresponding credit aspects of equal value or
vise versa.

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Example
Jan. 12, 2003, Cash sales
Rs.10,000, Cash received from
Kannan Rs.5,000 and commission
earned Rs.2,500.

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SUBSIDIARY BOOKS I - SPECIAL
PURPOSE BOOKS
For a business having a large number of transactions
it is practically impossible to write all transactions in
one journal, because of the following limitations.
i. Periodical details of some important business
transactions cannot be known, from the journal
easily, e.g., monthly sales, monthly purchases.
ii. Such a system does not facilitate the installation of
an internal check system since the journal can be
handled by only one person.
iii. The journal becomes bulky and voluminous. Kinds
of Subsidiary Books The number of subsidiary
books may vary according to the requirements of
each business. The following are the special
purpose subsidiary books.

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NEED OF SUBSIDIARY BOOKS
Cash and Credit. Cash transactions
can be grouped in one category
whereas credit transactions can be
grouped in another category.
Thus, in practice, the main journal
is sub-divided in such a way that a
separate book is used for each
category or group of transactions
which are repetitive and
sufficiently large in number

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Kinds of subsidiary books
The number of subsidiary books may
vary according to the requirements
of each business. The following are
the special purpose subsidiary
books.

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Subsidiary Books
Purchases Book records only credit purchases of goods by the
trader.
ii. Sales Book is meant for entering only credit sales of goods
by the trader.
iii. Purchases Return Book records the goods returned by the
trader to suppliers.
iv. Sales Return Book deals with goods returned (out of
previous sales) by the customers.
v. Bills Receivable Book records the receipts of bills (Bills
Receivable).
vi. Bills Payable Book records the issue of bills (Bills Payable).
vii. Cash Book is used for recording only cash transactions i.e.,
receipts and payments of cash.
viii. Journal Proper is the journal which records the entries
which cannot be entered in any of the above listed
subsidiary books.

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Purchases Book
Purchases Book Purchases book also known as
Bought Day Book is used to record all credit
purchases of goods which are meant for resale in
the business. Cash purchases of goods, cash and
credit purchases of assets are not entered in this
book. Before discussing the Purchase Day Book,
in detail we are to explain the most significant
terms, Trade Discount and Cash Discount.

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Sales Book
Sales Book The sales book is used to record all
credit sales of goods dealt with by the trader
in his business. Cash sales, cash and credit
sales of assets are not entered in this book.
The entries in the sales book are on the basis
of the invoices issued to the customers with
the net amount of sale.

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Returns Books
Returns Books are those books in which the goods
returned to the suppliers and goods returned by the
customers are recorded.
Purchases Return Book This book is used to record all
returns of goods by the business to the suppliers. The
entries in the Purchases Returns Book are usually made
on the basis of debit note issued to the suppliers or
credit note received from the suppliers. We call it a
debit note because the party’s (supplier) account is
debited with the amount written in this note. The same
note is termed as credit note from the receiving party’s
point of view because he will credit the account of the
party from whom he has received the note together
with goods.

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Sales Return Book
This book is used to record all
returns of goods to the business
by the customers. The entries in
the sales return book are usually
on the basis of credit notes issued
to the customers or debit notes
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Bill of exchange
Bill of exchange When one wants to increase
the business transactions, credits may be
allowed and the amounts are received after
some time. If the amount involved in the
credit transaction is large, the seller needs
security and evidence over the dealings.
Here the Bill of Exchange solves the
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According to the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,
‘Bill of Exchange is an instrument in writing
containing an unconditional order, signed by the
maker, directing a certain person to pay a certain
sum of money only to, or to the order of a certain
person or to the bearer of the instrument’.
An analysis of the definition given above highlights
the following important features of a bill of
exchange.
i. It is a written document.
ii. It is an unconditional order.
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iv. It is signed by the drawer.
v. It bears stamp or it is drafted on
a stamp paper.
vi. It is accepted by the acceptor.
vii. The amount is paid to drawer or
endorsee.

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Bills Books
Bills Books When the number of bills
received or issued is large
journalising of all bill transactions
will result in enormous waste of
time. Hence, suitable registers like
bills receivable book and bills
payable book are maintained to
record the receipt of bills receivable
and issue of bills payable
respectively. These books are also
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Bills Receivable
Bills Receivable Book Bills receivable
(B/R) book is used for the purpose of
recording the details of bills
receivable. The individual accounts of
parties from whom bills are received
will be credited with the amount in the
bills receivable book. The periodic
total is posted to the debit of bills
receivable account in the ledger by
writing “To sundries as per Bills
Receivable Book”.

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Bills Payable Book
Bills payable (B/P) book is used for the
purpose of recording the details of
bills payable. The individual accounts
of the parties to whom the bills are
issued will be debited with the
corresponding amount in the bills
payable book. The periodic total is
posted to the credit of bills payable
account in the ledger by writing “By
Sundries as per Bills Payable Book”.

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CASH BOOK
In every business house there are cash
transactions as well as credit
transactions. All credit transactions will
become cash transactions when
payments are made to creditors or
cash received from debtors. Since,
cash transactions will be numerous, it
is better to keep a separate book to
record only the cash transactions.

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TRIAL BALANCE
Trial balance is a statement which shows debit
balances and credit balances of all accounts in the
ledger. Since, every debit should have a
corresponding credit as per the rules of double
entry system, the total of the debit balances and
credit balances should tally (agree). In case,
there is a difference, one has to check the
correctness of the balances brought forward from
the respective accounts. Trial balance can be
prepared in any date provided accounts are
balanced.

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FINAL ACCOUNTS
Parts of Final Accounts The final accounts of
business concern generally includes two parts.
The first part is Trading and Profit and Loss
Account. This is prepared to find out the net
result of the business. The second part is
Balance Sheet which is prepared to know the
financial position of the business. However
manufacturing concerns, will prepare a
Manufacturing Account prior to the preparation
of trading account, to find out cost of
production.

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Trading Account
Trading Account Trading means buying and
selling. The trading account shows the result
of buying and selling of goods.
Need At the end of each year, it is necessary
to ascertain the net profit or net loss. For this
purpose, it is first necessary to know the gross
profit or gross loss. The trading account is
prepared to ascertain this. The difference
between the selling price and the cost price of
the goods is the gross earning of the business
concern. Such gross earning is called as gross
profit. However, when the selling price is less
than the cost of goods purchased, the result is
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Profit & loss Account
Profit and Loss Account After calculating the
gross profit or gross loss the next step is to
prepare the profit and loss account. To earn
net profit a trader has to incur many expenses
apart from those spent for purchases and
manufacturing of goods. If such expenses are
less than gross profit, the result will be net
profit. When total of all these expenses are
more than gross profit the result will be net
loss

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Those expenses which are chargeable to the normal
activities of the business are recorded in the debit
side of profit and loss account. They are termed as
indirect expenses.
i. Office and Administrative Expenses : Expenses
incurred for the functioning of an office are office and
administrative expenses – office salaries, office rent,
office lighting, printing and stationery, postages,
telephone charges etc.
ii. ii. Repairs and Maintenance Expenses : These
expenses relates to the maintenance of assets -
repairs and renewals, depreciation etc.

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Balance Sheet:
Balance Sheet: This forms the second part of the final
accounts. It is a statement showing the financial
position of a business. Balance sheet is prepared by
taking up all personal accounts and real accounts
(assets and properties) together with the net result
obtained from profit and loss account. On the left hand
side of the statement, the liabilities and capital are
shown. On the right hand side, all the assets are shown.
Balance sheet is not an account but it is a statement
prepared from the ledger balances. So we should not
prefix the accounts with the words ‘To’ and ‘By’. Balance
sheet is defined as ‘a statement which sets out the
assets and liabilities of a business firm and which serves
to ascertain the financial position of the same on any
particular date’.

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Need : The need for preparing a
Balance sheet is as follows: i. To
know the nature and value of
assets of the business ii. To
ascertain the total liabilities of the
business. iii. To know the position
of owner’s equity.

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BANK RECONCILIATION STATEMENT
On the debit side of the cash book, the bank column
represents:
1. Cheques deposited into bank for collection.
2. Cash paid into bank and
3. Some entries that are made only after receiving the
information from the bank viz.,
i. Amounts collected by the bank on our behalf as per the
standing instructions, for example, Interest collected on
investment.
ii. Interest given by the banker for the balance kept by us in
our bank account.

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Cont..
On the debit side of the cash book, the bank column represents:
1. Cheques deposited into bank for collection. 2. Cash paid into
bank and
Some entries that are made only after receiving the information
from the bank viz., i. Amounts collected by the bank on our
behalf as per the standing instructions, for example, Interest
collected on investment.
ii. Interest given by the banker for the balance kept by us in our
bank account.
iii. The amount paid by our customers directly into our bank
account. On the other hand, on the credit side of the cash book,
represents:
Cheques issued for payment.
2. Cash withdrawn from bank for office use and personal use. 3. In
addition, some entries are made after receiving information from
the bank viz., i. Amounts paid by the bank on our behalf as per
the standing instructions, for example, payment of insurance
premium.

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The amount paid by our customers directly into
our bank account. On the other hand, on the
credit side of the cash book, represents: 1.
Cheques issued for payment. 2. Cash
withdrawn from bank for office use and
personal use. 3. In addition, some entries are
made after receiving information from the
bank viz., i. Amounts paid by the bank on our
behalf as per the standing instructions, for
example, payment of insurance premium.

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ii. Interest charged by the bank for
the amount drawn over and above
the actual balance kept in the bank
account. iii. Bank charges payable
for the agency and utility services
rendered by the bank.

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Bank Pass Book
Bank Pass Book (statement of
account) is merely a copy of the
customer’s account in the books of
a bank. It shows all the deposits,
withdrawals and the balance
available in the customers
account.

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Bank Reconciliation Statement The balance of the
bank column in the double or triple column cash
book represents the customers cash balance at
bank. It should be the same as shown by his
bank pass book on any particular day. For every
entry made in the cash book if there is a
corresponding entry in the pass
book(maintained by the banker) or vice versa,
the bank balance will be the same in both the
books. However, it must be noted that the cash
book and the pass book are maintained by two
different parties and hence it is not certain that
entry in one book will always have a
corresponding entry in the other.

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Normally entries in the cash book
should tally (agree) with those in
the pass book and the balances
shown by both the books should
be the same. But in practice, the
balances generally differ. In case
of disagreement in the balance of
the cash book and the pass book,
the need for preparing Bank
Reconciliation Statement arises.

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“Accountancy” as a field of knowledge is all pervasive in nature.
It offers enormous opportunities for higher education and
employment both in India and abroad.

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