Subsidiary Books And Commonly Used Subsidiary Books

          These are the special journals with various books of original book under the modern system of accounting for recording first the various business transactions as well as they take place.  Earlier all the business transactions were recorded in one book which was very inconvenient. In order to overcome the this problem the large concerns have introduced the system of subsidiary.

Subsidiary Books

            Subsidiary Books are the special journals created to record the various transactions in a systematic manner.
          The special journals are the subsidiary books that are commonly required to be maintained by a concern of fairly big size firms are as follows,

§  The Purchase Books:

                To record all credit purchases of goods. The purchase book is written with the help of invoice  receive from suppliers of goods. This books provides all the information regarding the purchases made by an organization of firm over a period of time.

§  The Sales Books:

             To record all credit sales of the goods. This book provides all the information regarding the sales taken has taken place over a period of time.

§  Purchase Return Books: 

                   To record all purchase returns. This book gives all the information about the return of goods that were purchased by a business.

§  Sales Return:

                     To record all sales return. This book provides information regarding the return of goods from the customer which were sold to them.

§  Cash Book: 

               To record all receipt & payment of cash.

§  Bills Receivables Books: 

                    To record all bills of exchange accepted and promissory notes receive by traders to his customer.

§  Bills Payable Books: 

                 To record all bills of exchange accepted and promissory notes given by the trader to his creditors.

§  Journal Proper: 

                To record all those transaction that cannot be record in any of the above subsidiary books. It means for recording transactions which do not occur frequently.

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