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Financial Statements 67
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Chapter 6 Completion of the Accounting Cycle
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Chapter 7 Accounting for Merchandising
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Business Chapter 8 Imprest Cash System
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Chapter 9 Recording Transactions in Special
Chapter 13 Manufacturing
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This chapter deals with the recording of business transactions using special journals.
It focuses on the type of business transaction and the corresponding special journal to be
used. It emphasizes the procedures from recording of business transactions in the special
journals and posting of accounts from the special journals to the general and subsidiary
ledgers. It also includes the preparation of trial balance and financial statements.
Learning Objectives:
Journal
Business transactions are recorded in the journal. Transactions are analyzed based on
source documents as the basis in recording to the respective journals. Journals may be
classified as general journal or special journals.
General Journal
General Journal is a book of original entry wherein all kinds of business transactions
are recorded. It contains a chronological record of all the transactions and the events that
compose the financial listing of the economic entity.
The firm may use the general journal alone in recording all of their business
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be used for transactions that could not be recorded in the special journals. Examples of
transactions that will be recorded in the general journal are sales returns, purchases returns,
adjusting entries, correcting entries, amortizations, and investments other than cash.
Special Journal
Special Journal is a book of original entry that records only one kind of transaction.
This transaction is repetitive or occurs several times during the course of business operations.
Special journals are used to record specific transactions only, and in tabular form. The
general journal will be used for the recording of business transactions that do not fit in the
special journals.
Special Journals
Sales Journal Sales on account Sales invoice
Cash Payments Journal All cash payments including Cash Voucher or Check
cash purchases Voucher, Check, Other
Supporting Documents
(contract, delivery receipt,
receiving report)
General Journal Investments other than cash Journal Voucher, DM, CM,
(merchandise, equipment, land Others (SI, OR, Check, etc.)
and other properties)
Adjusting entries
Closing Entries
Reversing Entries
Returning of goods purchased
Returning of goods sold
Bounced check: DAIF(Drawn
Against Insufficient Fund) or
NSF (No Sufficient Fund)
Others( all other transactions
that cannot be recorded on the
special journals)
Sales Journal is a special journal designed to record sales on account. Most of the
companies at present are extending credit to the customers to increase sales. A Sales Invoice
is issued to the customer as an evidence of the transaction. Sales Invoices are pre-numbered
documents printed with the approval by the BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue). Sales invoice
contains serial number, date of issuance or date of sale, item sold, quantity, model, item,
selling price or amount and signed by the seller and the buyer.
Cash Receipts Journal is a special journal wherein all collections including cash
sales are recorded. An Official Receipt (OR) is issued every time the business firm receives
cash. Examples of cash receipts transactions are: collection of receivables from customers
due to sales on accounts, cash sales, investment of the owner, proceeds of loans from lending
institutions or banks, collections from employees, donations, and others.
A special journal designed to record all types of cash disbursements is called a cash
payments journal. Examples of cash payments are expenses, cash purchases, payment to
creditors, and withdrawal of cash by the owner. The source document used for cash payment
is the cash voucher or check voucher.
General Journal
Transactions that cannot be recorded in the four preceding special journals are
recorded in the General Journal. These transactions may be classified as current transactions
which cannot be entered in any special journals like sales returns and allowances and
purchases returns and allowances, correcting journal entries, adjusting, closing and reversing
journal entries.
To illustrate:
The transactions of Hope Trading for the month of October, 2021 were as follows:
October 1 Hope established a business named Hope Trading with a cash investment
of P150,000. Issued OR # 0001.
1 Hope invested merchandise worth P20,000.
1 Paid rent for store space for six (6) months P30,000 to ABC Co.. Issued
Check No. 23351.
1 Paid business permits and other taxes required to start the business, P5,500
to Iloilo City Treasurer’s Office. Issued Check #23352.
3 Bought furniture and office equipment from Narra Company, P5,000 and
P8,000, respectively. Terms: 2/10, n/30.
6 Purchased merchandise on account from Atis Co., P102,000. Supplier’s
Terms: 2/15, n/30.
6 Sold merchandise to Rubi, P51,000. Issued Invoice No. 1. Terms: 2/15,
n/30, P51,000.
8 Cash sales, P25,000. Issued OR# 0002.
8 Purchased merchandise for cash P4,000 from Apple Enterprise. Issued
Check No. Check # 23353.
9 Paid telephone expenses P1,500 to PLDT. Issued Check # 23354.
11 Sold on account to Saphire, Invoice No. 2, P35,000. Terms: 1/10,
n/20.
15 Paid wages of employees, P20,000. Issued Check # 23355.
17 Purchased merchandise on account from Cherry Co. P32,000, n/60.
17 Paid LBC, P2,000 for the delivery of the purchases from Cherry Co. Issued
Check # 23356.
17 Received Credit Memo No. 66 from Atis Co., P2,000, for the merchandise
returned to them.
18 Paid in full the account due to Atis Co. Issued Check # 23357.
18 Bought office supplies, P2,500 from Olive Trading. Terms: 2/10, n/30.
20 Issued Credit Memo No. 1 to Rubi, P1,000, for merchandise returned.
21 Paid in full the account due Narra Company, Issued Check # 23358.
22 Collected in full the account due from Rubi. Issued OR # 0003.
23 Hope, withdrew P5,000 for her personal use. Issued Check # 23359.
22 Cash Sales, P30,000. Issued OR # 0004.
25 Sold on account to Rubi, Invoice No. 3; P40,000. Terms: 1/10, n/30
25 Sold on account to Emerald, Invoice No. 4; P54,200. Terms: 2/10, n/30.
26 Purchased store supplies from Pine store, P1,500. Terms: n/30.
27 Sold merchandise on account to Emerald, P68,000. Invoice No. 5. Terms:
n/30.
29 Paid Olive Trading for the amount due. Issued Check # 23360.
30 Paid wages of employees, P15,000. Issued Check # 23361.
31 Paid one year insurance premium starting November 1, 2021 P12,000.
Issued Check # 23362.
SALES JOURNAL
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Invoice Accounts Receivable (Dr)
Date No. Accounts Debited Terms PR Sales (Cr)
2021
Oct 6 0001 Rubi 2/15, n/30 51,000
11 0002 Saphire 1/10, n/30 35,000
25 0003 Rubi 1/10, n/30 40,000
25 0004 Emerald 2/10, n/30 54,200
30 0005 Emerald n/30 68,000
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Credited Payable
Cr Dr Acct title F Amount
Posting of Entries from the Journals to the General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledgers
All accounts in the chart of accounts are general ledger accounts. The general ledgers
are also called controlling account. The controlling accounts’ balances should be supported
with schedules or subsidiary ledgers. Example: Accounts Receivable as general ledger or
controlling account. All transactions related to Accounts Receivable should be posted to the
general ledger “Accounts Receivable” and at the same time should be recorded to the specific
customers’ ledger called subsidiary ledgers. Thus the sum of all balances in the subsidiary
ledgers of receivables will be equal to the balance of the Accounts Receivable which is the
general ledger or controlling account. The same process will be applied to Accounts Payable
and other controlling accounts. In this chapter, we will focus only in two controlling accounts,
the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
Controlling Account is a general ledger account which shows the summary of the
same information shown in detail in the subsidiary ledger.
1. Customers’ accounts are posted individually to the subsidiary ledger after each entry
in the sales journal. A check mark () is placed on the column of the Sales Journal to
indicate that the amount has been posted to the customer’s account in the accounts
receivable subsidiary ledger.
2. At the end of the month, after the individual customers’ accounts have been posted,
the column is totaled and the total amount is posted to the General Ledger as a debit to
the Accounts Receivable account and a credit to the Sales account. Posting is done
only once at the end of the accounting period. A summary of accounts receivable total
should be equal to the balance of the controlling account (Accounts Receivable).
Notice that by the use of the General Journal, there would be as many postings to the
Sales account as there are entries in the journal during the month. In the Sales Journal
procedures, only one posting is made.
Posting procedures from the Cash Receipts Journal to the Ledger are as follows:
3. Accounts credited placed under Sundry Account debit column are posted to the ledger
individually and a check mark () is placed under the columns total.
4. For Cash Sales appearing in the Accounts Credited column, amount of which shown
under the Sales column, a check mark () is placed in the Folio column immediately
upon recording to avoid double posting of the amount.
5. The Accounts Receivable (Cr.), Sales (Cr.), Sales Discount (Dr.) and Cash (Dr.) columns
are totaled and posted only once, at the end of the month.
6. Customer’s name that appear in the Accounts Credited column, whose account placed
under Accounts Receivable column are posted to the subsidiary ledger individually and a
check mark () is placed in the Folio column after posting.
1. Each entry in the purchases journal crediting Accounts Payable must be posted daily
and individually to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger. The daily posting keeps
the creditor’s account balance up to date at all times. The completion of posting is
indicated by a check mark () in the folio column of the purchases journal.
2. At the end of the month, the purchases journal is totaled and ruled. The column total
of Accounts Payable credit, Purchases debit, Office Supplies debit, Store Supplies
debit, are posted to the general ledger and after posting, the corresponding account
number of each column account must be placed under each column heading to
indicate that such total had been posted.
3. For each account that appears under Sundry Account debit, individual entry should
be posted to the general ledger and not by column total. After all postings are made,
a check mark () is placed under the total of the Sundry Account column.
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Posting Procedures from Cash Payments Journal to the Ledger
1. Each entry in the Cash Payments Journal debiting Accounts Payable must be
posted daily and individually to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger. The daily
posting keeps each creditor’s account balance up-to-date at all times. The
completion of posting is indicated by a check mark () in the folio column of the
cash payments journal.
2. For cash purchases appearing in the Account Debited column, amount of which is
shown in the Purchases column, a check mark () is placed in the folio column
immediately upon recording to avoid double posting of the amount.
3. At the end of the month, the Cash Payments Journal is totaled and ruled. The
column totals Accounts Payable debit, Purchase debit, Purchase Discounts credit
and Cash credit, are posted to the general ledger, and after posting, the
corresponding account number of each column account must be placed under
each column heading to indicate that such total had been posted.
4. For each account that appears under Sundry Account debit, individual entry
should be posted to the general ledger, not by column total. After all postings are
made, a check mark () is placed under the total of the Sundry Account column.
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Sales No. 41
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 Sales on acct SJ - 1 248,200 248,200
31 Cash sales CRJ – 1 55,000 303,200
Emerald
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 25 merchandise SJ - 1 54,200 54,200
30 merchandise SJ - 1 68,000 122,200
RUBI
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 6 merchandise SJ - 1 51,000 51,000
20 Returns GJ – 1 1,000 50,000
21 Collection CRJ-1 50,000 0
25 merchandise SJ – 1 40,000 40,000
Rubi
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 6 merchandise SJ - 1 51,000 51,000
20 Returns GJ – 1 1,000 50,000
21 Collection CRJ-1 50,000 0
25 merchandise SJ – 1 40,000 40,000
Saphire
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 11 Merchandise SJ - 1 35,000 35,000
Atis Company
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 3 merchandise PJ - 1 102,000 102,000
17 Returned goods GJ-1 2,000 100,000
18 payment SJ - 1 100,000 0
Cherry Company
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 6 merchandise PJ - 1 32,000 32,000
Narra Company
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 1 Fur and equipt. PJ - 1 13,000 13,000
21 Payment CPJ 13,000 0
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Olive Company
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 18 Office supplies PJ – 1 2,500 2,500
31 Payment CPJ-1 2,500 0
Pine Company
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 27 Store supplies PJ - 1 1,500 1,500
GENERAL LEDGER
Cash No. 11
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 Collections CRJ-1 254,000 254,000
31 Payments CPJ-1 208,500 45,500
Inventory No. 14
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 Investment GJ-1 20,000 20,000
Sales No. 51
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 Sales on acct SJ-1 248,200 248,200
31 Cash sales CRJ-1 55,000 303,200
Purchases No. 61
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 On account PJ-1 134,000 134,000
31 Cash purchases CPJ-1 4,000 138,000
Freight In No. 64
Date Items Folio Debit Credit Balance
2021
Oct 31 CPJ-1 2,000 2,000
The schedule of accounts receivable and accounts payable will also be prepared. The
subsidiary ledgers will be the basis in preparing the schedules. The list of the customers with
account balances will be listed and the total amount of receivables in the schedule must be the
same with the balance of accounts receivable per general ledger. The general is the control
account. The schedule of accounts payable will also be the same with the control account
(general ledger – accounts payable)
DEBIT CREDIT
Cash…………………………………….. 45,500
Accounts Receivable…………………… 197,200
Inventory……………………………….. 20,000
Office Supplies…………………………. 2,500
Store Supplies…………………………... 1,500
Prepaid Rent …………………………… 30,000
Prepaid Insurance………………………. 12,000
Furniture and Fixtures………………….. 5,000
Office Equipment………………………. 8,000
Accounts Payable………………………. 33,500
Hope, Capital………………………….. 170,000
Hope, Drawing………………………… 5,000
Sales…………………………………….. 303,200
Sales Returns and Allowances………….. 1,000
Sales Discounts…………………………. 1,000
Purchases………………………………... 138,000
Purchase Returns and Allowances……… 2,000
Purchase Discounts……………………... 2,000
Freight In………………………………... 2,000
Salary Expense………………………….. 35,000
Telephone Expense……………………... 1,500
Taxes and Licenses……………………… 5,500
Emerald P122,200
Rubi
Saphire 40,000
35,000
Total P197,200
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HOPE TRADING
Schedule of Accounts Payable
October 31, 2021
1. The type of transaction that would appear in the sales journal would be a sale of
a. equipment for cash c. merchandise on account
b. equipment in exchange for a note d. supplies for cash
4. When merchandise is returned or a price adjustment is granted, the entry is made in the
a. Cash receipts journal c. purchases journal
b. general journal d. sales journal
5. A firm that uses special journals acquired merchandise for P5,000, giving a P5,000
note payable. Which journal would the transaction be recorded?
a. cash receipts journal c. general journal
b. cash payments journal d. purchases journal
6. A special journal containing columns for cash, purchases discounts, and accounts
payable is
a. cash payments journal c. purchase journal
b. cash receipts journal d. sales journal
7. The controlling account in the general ledger that summarizes the individual accounts
with creditors in a subsidiary ledger is called
a. accounts payable c. purchases
b. accounts receivable d. sales returns and allowances
8. The individual amounts in the accounts payable column of the purchases journal are
posted to the appropriate account in the
a. accounts payable ledger c. general journal
b. accounts receivable ledger d. general ledger
10. Each time an entry is recorded in the purchases journal, the credit would be entered in
a. accounts payable column c. purchases column
b. accounts receivable column d. supplies column
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Exercise 9-2 Jude Enterprises, engaged in selling beauty products, completed the following
transactions during March of the current year:
Required:
1. Record the transactions in the purchases journal.
2. Post the individual items from the purchases journal to the T-accounts in
the general and accounts payable ledgers. Indicate that each item has been
posted by placing a checkmark on an account number in the appropriate
Post. Ref. column of the purchases journal.
3. Post the totals of the purchases journal to the general ledger.
4. Insert the appropriate account numbers in the journal under the amount
posted.
5. Determine that the balances of the individual accounts payable controlling
account in the general ledger by completing the following summary form:
April Co. P
August Corp.
May Co.
July Enterprises
June Trading
Instructions:
1. Open the following accounts in the general ledger, using the account numbers
indicated; Accounts Receivable, 113; Sales, 411; Sales Returns and Allowances,
412.
2. Open the following accounts in the accounts receivable ledger; Berl Corp., Dave
Co., Lance Co.; Love Co.; Menard, Inc.
3. Record the transactions for January, posting to the customer’s accounts in the
receivable ledger and inserting the balance immediately after recording each
entry. Use a sales journal similar to the one illustrated and a two-column general
journal.
4. Post the general journal and the sales journal to the three accounts opened in the
general ledger inserting the account balances only after the last postings.
5. a. What is the sum of the balances of the accounts in the subsidiary ledger at
January 31?
b. What is the balance of the controlling account at January 31?
JR Company
Chart of Accounts
Account No.
Cash 11
Accounts Receivable 12
Office Supplies 15
Store Supplies 16
Prepaid Insurance 17
Store Furniture 20
Store Equipment 21
Accounts Payable 31
JR, Capital 41
Sales 51
Sales Returns and Allowances 52
Sales Discounts 53
Purchases 61
Purchase Returns and Allowances 62
Purchase Discounts 63
Salaries Expense 71
Taxes and Licenses 72
Rent Expense 73
Utilities Expense 74
Sales Accounts
Date Name F Cash Discount Rec. Sales Capital
(Debit) (Debit) (Credit) (Credit)
(Credit)
GENERAL LEDGER
CASH NO. 11
DATE ITEMS PR DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
SALES NO. 51
DATE ITEMS PR DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
PURCHASES NO. 61
DATE ITEMS PR DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
NO. 75
DATE ITEMS PR DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
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