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Types of Journal

  • Sales journal
  • Purchase journal
  • Returned outward journal
  • Returned inward journal

 SALES JOURNAL: From the copy of sales, the seller enters its sales day book or sales journal. This book is a list in date order of each sales invoice showing the date, the name of the form to which the goods had been sold, the number of the invoice for reference purposes and the net amount of the invoice.

 PURCHASE JOURNAL: This is used to record purchases in an orderly manner. It is also called a purchase day book. The entries of credit purchases in the books following a similar pattern to that of credit sales. The amount of the invoice (after deducting trade discount if there is any) is listed in the purchases day book and the items are then posted to the credit of a personal account in the purchases ledger. The invoice will then be filed away for future reference.

At the end of the period, the total of the purchases day book will be transferred to the debit account in the general ledger.

Example: Enter the following items in the purchases journal:

Jan 1 purchases from   Dan   2,000

Jan 2 purchases from   Love  3,000

Jan 3 purchases from   Sam  4,000

Jan 10 purchases from Nat   5,000

Jan 15 purchases from  Pat   1,000

Date Particulars   N                         Total
Jan 1

Jan 2

Jan 3

Jan 10

Jan 15

Dan

Love

Sam

Nat

Pat

  2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

1,000

15,000

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