Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Recording of Transactions - 2 NCERT Solutions | What is contra entry? How can you deal t

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What is contra entry? How can you deal this entry while preparing double column cash book?

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Contra Entry : when cash is deposited into the bank or when cash is withdrawn from the bank for use in the office, each such transaction affects both ‘Cash Column’ as well as ‘Bank Column’ and the transaction is therefore recorded on both sides of the cash book. Such entries, the double entry of which is complete in the Cash Book itself, are called “Contra Entries”.

Some transactions that lead to contra entry are given below.

1. Opening a bank account
2. Depositing cash into bank
3. Withdrawal from bank

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