what is journal entry for the credit sales and purchases

Answer Posted / cecil

Journal entry is an entry to the journal.
Journal is a record that keeps accounting transactions in chronological order, i.e. as they occur.
Ledger is a record that keeps accounting transactions by accounts.
Account is a unit to record and summarize accounting transactions.

All accounting transactions are recorded through journal entries that show account names, amounts, and whether those accounts are recorded in debit or credit side of accounts.

http://accountinginfo.com/study/je/je-01.htm

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

What is debit and credit note?

680


1)What is E-1 Sales (Sales in Transit) Full Guidence From Issue to receipient. 2) What is F Form How Are procedure

1342


What are bills receivable?

607


If a prospective client kept presenting you with excuses not to buy, what would you do?

732


Can u please send me a set of accounting base questoin with answer,genraly ask by interviewer?

1618






what is tribal area allowance means

2705


Q1.How depreciation deffer from depletion? Q2.show the main benefit from calculating and recording depreciation.

1452


Tell me how can you explain the basic accounting equation?

614


Expenses which are incured during the manufacturing are direct expenses.In that case,what are the direct expense in a trading firm where there is no production.Like salary, rent, electricity etc in a trading firm

2090


Ledger Enteries

1847


Have you ever made mis reports and what are they?

614


my assessment says that I must post a dishonoured cheque in the general journal not a specialised journal how would I write that I know bank would be credited but what account would be debited???

952


in what circumstances it is mandatory to calculate the goodwill.

1282


How is the accounting for hire purchase transactions done?

626


what is "goodwill" reserve and surplus and reserve with example

1586