{"id":43931,"date":"2024-02-17T06:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=43931"},"modified":"2024-02-17T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T09:53:53","slug":"plus-one-accountancy-notes-chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/plus-one-accountancy-notes-chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Plus One Accountancy Notes Chapter 3 Recording of Transactions – I & Recording of Transactions – II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerala Plus One Accountancy Notes Chapter 3 Recording of Transactions – I & II<\/h2>\n

Summary:<\/span>
\nMeaning of source documents:<\/span>
\nVarious business documents such as invoice, bills, cash memos, vouchers, which form the basis and evidence of a business transaction recorded in the books of account are called source documents.<\/p>\n

Meaning of accounting equation:<\/span>
\nA statement of equality between debits and credits signifying that the assets of a business are always equal to the total liabilities and capital.<\/p>\n

Rules of debit and credit:<\/span>
\nAn account is divided into two sides. The left side of an account is known as debit and the credit. The rules of debit and credit depend on the nature of an account. Debit and Credit both represent either increase or decrease, depending on the nature of an account.<\/p>\n

These rules are summarised as follows:
\n\"Plus<\/p>\n

Books of original entry:<\/span>
\nThe transactions are first recorded in these books in chronological order. Journal is one of the books of original entry. The process of recording entries in the journal is called journalizing.<\/p>\n

Format of Journal<\/span>
\n\"Plus<\/p>\n

Ledger:<\/span>
\nA book containing all accounts to which entries are transferred from the books of original entry. Posting is process of transferring entries from books of original entry to the ledger.<\/p>\n

Format of a Ledger<\/span>
\n\"Plus<\/p>\n

Special Journals:<\/span>
\nSpecial journals are also called day books or subsidiary books. Transactions that cannot be recorded in any special journal are recorded in journal is called the \u201cJournal Proper.\u201d<\/p>\n

The special-purpose journals are:<\/p>\n