USES OF A CREDIT NOTE IN ACCOUNTING

 Hello friend...i hope you are doing well. Today i am going to teach you about the uses of a credit note in accounting. Credit notes are a type of source documents in accounting. I hope it will shed more light on the same. This document is used to reduce overcharge. An overcharge is where the invoice had been overstated either by the creditor or the seller. There are different types of credit notes. These include;

I. Outgoing credit note; this is used to reduce credit sale made to the creditors. It is issued when goods sold on credit to the debtors are returned by them. This implies that the amount owed by the debtors to the organization is reduced. Outgoing credit notes are recorded on sales returned inward book.

II. Incoming credit note; This is issued by the creditors to the business. When you purchase goods on credit from the suppliers then some of the goods are returned by you to the supplier, then the amount that you are supposed to pay the supplier is reduced. This is done by the supplier on issue of a credit note. Lastly, all the incoming credit note is recorded on the purchases return day book.

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USES OF CASH BOOKS IN ACCOUNTING

So what are cashbooks used for? Cash books in accounting are used to record both cash transactions received by the business and cash paid out by the business.A cash book has two sides; The debit side and the credit side. Each side of the cash book in accounting has columns for; -Date
-Particular; where you record the products.
-Bank; This is where you record payments made by cheques and receipt of cheques.
-Cash; This is the column where you should record cash received and cash paid out.

Debit side; This is used to record any cash received after which it is posted in the cash column in the cash book. For example if you made sales on a cash basis of goods worth 80,000$, then this will be recorded on the debit side on the cash book. The debit side is also used to record cheques received by the business i.e if a customer pays for goods by cheque worth 120,000$, then this is
recorded on the debit side on the bank column.

Credit side; The credit side is used to record cash and cheques paid for by the business. For example if your fuel costs about 100$ and is used up in a day, then it will be credited or written on the credit side of the cash book.However if the supplies are paid for using a cheque worth 200,000$ then it is recorded on the Bank column of the credit side of the cash book. So what is the importance of a cashbook in accounting anyway? You may ask. Well, a cash book;
1. A cash book helps the business in capturing all the payment and receipt for a particular month or duration.
2. A cash book is used to reconcile Bank statements.
3. A cash book can be used as a reference in accounting during auditing hence it gives evidence that goes a long way in directing the auditors while they are going through your books of account.

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