Differentiate between source documents and vouchers.
Basis of Difference |
Source Documents |
Vouchers |
Meaning |
It refers to the documents in writing, containing the details of events or transactions. |
When source document is considered as evidence of an event or transaction, then it is called voucher. |
Purpose |
It is used for preparing accounting vouchers. |
It is used for analysing the transactions. |
Recording |
It acts as a basis for preparing accounting voucher that helps in recording. |
It acts as a basis for recording transactions. |
Preparation |
It is prepared at the time when an event or a transaction occurs. |
It can be prepared either when an event or a transaction occurs, or later on. |
Legality/Validity |
It can be used as evidence in the court of law. |
It can be used for assessing the authentication of transactions. |
Prepared By |
It is prepared by the persons who are directly involved in the transactions, or who are authorised to prepare or approve these documents. |
It is prepared by the authorised persons or by the accountants. |
Examples |
Cash memo, invoice, and pay-in-slip, etc. |
Cash memo, invoice, pay-in-slip (if used as evidence), debit note, credit note, cash vouchers, transfer vouchers, etc. |
What is a journal? Give a specimen of journal showing at least five entries.
Voucher is prepared from:
(i) Documentary evidence
(ii) Journal entry
(iii) Ledger account
(iv) All of the above
A purchase of machine for cash should be debited to:
(i) Cash account
(ii) Machine account
(iii) Purchase account
(iv) None of these
The journal entry to record the sale of services on credit should include:
(a) Debit to debtors and credit to capital.
(b) Debit to cash and Credit to debtors.
(c) Debit to fees income and Credit to debtors.
(d) Debit to debtors and Credit to fees income.
Select Right Answer:
Voucher is prepared for:
(i) Cash received and paid
(ii) Cash/Credit sales
(iii) Cash/Credit purchase
(iv) All of the above
Should a transaction be first recorded in a journal or ledger? Why?
Cash withdrawn by the Proprietor should be credited to:
(i) Drawings account
(ii) Capital account
(iii) Profit and loss account
(iv) Cash account
What entry (debit or credit) would you make to:
(a) increase revenue
(b) decrease in expense,
(c) record drawings
(d) record the fresh capital introduced by the owner.
Choose the Correct Answer :
The ledger folio column of journal is used to:
(a) Record the date on which amount posted to a ledger account.
(b) Record the number of ledger account to which information is posted.
(c) Record the number of amounts posted to the ledger account.
(d) Record the page number of the ledger account.
Give a specimen of an account.
Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.
Why is it necessary to record the adjusting entries in the preparation of final accounts?
State the meaning of incomplete records?
What is ‘Depreciation’?
Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.
State the meaning of a trial balance?
State the four basic requirements of a database applications.
Define accounting.
State the different elements of a computer system.
Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?
As an accountant of a company, you are disappointed to learn that the totals in your new trial balance are not equal. After going through a careful analysis, you have discovered only one error. Specifically, the balance of the Office Equipment account has a debit balance of 15,600 on the trial balance. However, you have figured out that a correctly recorded credit purchase of pendrive for 3,500 was posted from the journal to the ledger with a 3,500 debit to Office Equipment and another 3,500 debit to creditors accounts. Answer each of the following questions and present the amount of any misstatement :
(a) Is the balance of the office equipment account overstated, understated, or correctly stated in the trial balance?
(b) Is the balance of the creditors account overstated, understated, or correctly stated in the trial balance?
(c) Is the debit column total of the trial balance overstated, understated, or correclty stated?
(d) Is the credit column total of the trial balance overstated, understated, or correctly stated?
(e) If the debit column total of the trial balance is 2,40,000 before correcting the error, what is the total of credit column.
What are the different types of errors that are usually committed in recording business transactions?
Balancing of account means :
(i) Total of debit side
(ii) Total of credit side
(iii) Difference in total of debit & credit
(iv) None of these
If suspense account does not balance off even after rectification of errors it implies that:
(a) There are some one sided errors only in the books yet to be located.
(b) There are no more errors yet to be located.
(c) There are some two sided errors only yet to be located.
(d) There may be both one sided errors and two sided errors yet to be located.
Database is implemented using ........
The framework of storage and processing of data is called as ........
Write the difference between return Inwards and return ouwards.
The periodic total of purchases return journal is posted to :
(i) Purchase account
(ii) Profit and loss account
(iii) Purchase returns account
(iv) Furniture account
If the trial balance agrees, it implies that:
(a) There is no error in the books.
(b) There may be two sided errors in the book.
(c) There may be one sided error in the books.
(d) There may be both two sided and one sided errors in the books.
Explain the meaning of posting of journal entries?
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