Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Recording of Transactions - 2 NCERT Solutions | What do you understand by Imprest amount
What do you understand by Imprest amount in petty cash book?
Imprest System of Petty Cash
Under this system, the petty cashier is given a definite sum,say ₹ 5,000, at the beginning of a certain period. This amount is called ‘imprest amount’.
A good Imprest System should have the following essentials:
1) The petty cashier should obtain receipts for all the payments made by him.All these receipts should be arranged date aise and numbered so that these may be checked up easily by the main cashier when he takes reimbursement of the amount spent by him.
2) The petty cashier should himself prepare proper vouchers for those expenses for which proper receipts cannot be obtained. He should get these vouchers sanctioned from a proper authority.
3) There should be an upper limit of the amount of a single payment by the petty cashier. Payment above this limit should be made only by the main cashier.
4) Petty cashiers should get the reimbursement of the amount spent by him only from the main cashier.
5) Petty Cashiers should not be entitled to receive any cash coming from outside the business.
6) Great care should be taken while fixing the amount of interest. It should be sufficient to cover the petty expenses for the month.
More Questions From Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Recording of Transactions - 2
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Total of these transactions is posted in purchase account :
(i) Purchase of furniture
(ii) Cash and credit purchase
(iii) Purchases return
(iv) Purchase of stationery - Q:-
Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.
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State whether the following statements are True or False :
(a) Journal is a book of secondary entry.
(b) One debit account and more than one credit account in a entry is called compound entry.
(c) Assets sold on credit are entered in sales journal.
(d) Cash and credit purchases are entered in purchasejJournal.
(e) Cash sales are entered in sales journal.
(f) Cash book records transactions relating to receipts and payments.
(g) Ledger is a subsidiary book.
(h) Petty cash book is a book having record of big payments.
(i) Cash received is entered on the debit side of cash book.
(j) Transaction recorded both on debit and credit side of cash book is known as contra entry.
(k) Balancing of account means total of debit and credit side.
(l) Credit purchase of machine is entered in purchase journal. - Q:-
Credit balance of bank account in cash book shows :
(i) Overdraft
(ii) Cash deposited in our bank
(iii) Cash withdrawn from bank
(iv) None of these - Q:-
When a firm maintains a cash book, it need not maintain ;
(i) Journal Proper
(ii) Purchases (journal) book
(iii) Sales (journal) book
(iv) Bank and cash account in the ledger - Q:-
The periodic total of sales return journal is posted to :
(i) Sales account
(ii) Goods account
(iii) Purchases return account
(iv) Sales return account - Q:-
Double column cash book records:
(i) All transactions
(ii) Cash and bank transactions
(iii) Only cash transactions
(iv) Only credit transactions - Q:-
Fill in the Correct Words :
(a) Cash book is a ......... journal.
(b) In Journal proper, only......... discount is recorded.
(c) Return of goods purchased on credit to the suppliers will be entered in ...... Journal.
(d) Assets sold on credit are entered in .........
(e) Double column cash book records transaction relating to ......... and .........
(f) Total of the debit side of cash book is ......... than the credit side.
(g) Cash book does not record the ......... transactions.
(h) In double column cash book ......... transactions are also recorded.
(i) Credit balance shown by a bank column in cash book is .........
(j) The amount paid to the petty cashier at the beginning of a period is known as ......... amount.
(k) In purchase book goods purchased on ......... are recorded. - Q:-
Goods purchased on cash are recorded in the :
(i) Purchases (journal) book
(ii) Sales (journal) book
(iii) Cash book
(iv) Purchases return (journal) book - Q:-
What is petty cash book? How it is prepared?
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(i) Passbook is a copy of.............as it appears in the ledger of the bank.
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(x) When the passbook balance is taken as the starting point items which makes the passbook balance .............than the balance in the cash book must be deducted for the purpose of reconciliation.
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