what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / pradeep

contra entry means the transaction from bank to cash and
cash to bank in F4 in tally.

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / gayathri

Contra entry refers to entry passed for the transaction
which affects both bank & cash Ledgers and the entry should
be posted to both cash and bank.

In Tally Contra Vouchers included only Ledgers related to
Cash and Bank, & allowed enties related to bank and cash
only eg: Transfer from 1 bank to another bank, Depositing
to bank, withdrawing from bank, & transfering of cash to
petty cash.

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / trupti

contra entry is passed in following cases
1)when there is a transaction between two different banks
i.e transfer of funds from one bank to another or,
2)cash withdrawn from bank or,
3)cash dedposited in bank or,

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / mk

contra means a single entry which effect both bank and cash
in a same time .

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / md sultan raza

contra entry is only used in such type of transaction where
only cash and bank item is affected.In tally F4 is used to
post a contra entry.

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / hari

Contra Entry occurs both side Dr and Cr.

Eg: Cash to Bank.

Dr Cr

by cash To bank

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / nandeesh

Where we recorded both the sides means debit and credit
side is called contra. for example cash deposited into
bank, cash withdraw from bank, cash transfer from one bank
account to another bank account.

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / rajesh

contra entry means the entry which occurs both debit side
and credit side in the three column cash book is called
contra entry.

Gennerally entry occurs in three column cash book

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / sukhendra

Basicly Contra entry is transaction between cash and bank,
but it also inclosed when two cosucutive entry are passed
for nullyfi a particular entry with same amount,

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what do you mean by contra entry? and where it is used?..

Answer / vikram hiwale

contra entry means depositing cash into bank,withdraw cash
from bank & transfer cash from one bank to another bank.It
mostly used in all sector like company,big
organisation,government organisation etc.In tally we used
this entry contra (F4).

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