Tag: recording and posting of cash transactions

Cash purchase will affect two accounts i,e. goods and cash. Cash purchases will be recorded in cash book.

As per Section 5(b) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 , "banking" means the accepting, for the purpose of lending or investment, of deposits of money from the public, repayable on demand or otherwise, and withdrawable by cheque, draft, order or otherwise.

All the cash transactions are recorded in cash book. 

A book maintained to record transactions, which do not find place in special journals, is known as Journal Proper or Journal Residual. When the journal is sub-divided into various subsidiary books, such as, Sales Book, Purchase Book, etc. The Journal becomes the residuary book in which only those transactions are recorded that cannot be recorded in any other subsidiary book. This type of journal is called journal proper. The following types of entries are recorded in Journal Proper:

The petty cash book is defined as relatively small amount of cash kept at hand  for making quick payments for miscellaneous small expenses in the business concern. A cash book which is created for the small payments of an organisation i.e. taxi fare, car fare, bus fare, postage and stamps etc. has a separate fund to meet the day to petty expenses in the office is called as petty cash book. It is established in the responsibility o petty cashier who maintains a separate cash book to record, such small payments only. It's a cash book to enter daily expenses like cost of stationary, postage and so on. The petty cash book will be maintained by separate cashier known as petty cashier in the accounting field.