Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How is accounting information recorded?
- Processes used to record financial transactions
- Transactions are first recorded in books of prime entry and then the ledger system.
- Prime entry records consist of; the cash book, petty cash
book, sales day book, purchases day book and the journal.
- The ledger system consists of general ledger, payables ledger and receivables ledger.
- Definition for a book of prime entry and a
ledger
- A book of prime entry is to record how and where money is used throughout the day.
- A ledger is to record how the business is using it's money (e.g. wages
advertisement and rent) and who owes them money and who they owe money to.
- The purpose of content of the books of prime entry
- Books of prime entry serve to record transactions as soon as possible so that they are not lost or
forgotten about.