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Why opening entries are passed?

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Opening Entry: Opening entry is recorded in the beginning of a financial year to open the books by debiting assets and crediting liabilities and the capital appearing in the Balance Sheet of the previous year.

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You are to open the books of Rajesh Prabhu, Gurugram (Haryana) a trader, through the Journal to record the assets and liabilities and then post the transactions to the Ledger for the month of April, 2019.
Inter-state transactions are subject to levy of IGST @ 12% and Intra-state transactions are subject to levy of CGST and SGST @ 6% each. GST is not levied on transactions marked with (*).
Mohit has the following transactions, prepare accounting equation:
a.
Business started with cash
₹ 1,75,000
b.
Purchased goods from Rohit
₹ 50,000
c.
Sales goods on credit to Manish (Costing ₹ 17,500)
₹ 20,000
d.
Purchased furniture for office use
₹ 10,000
e.
Cash paid to Rohit in full settlement
₹ 48,500
f.
Cash received from Manish
₹ 20,000
g.
Rent paid
₹ 1,000
h.
Cash withdrew for personal use
₹ 3,000
(Ans: Cash ₹ 1,32,500 + Goods ₹ 32,500 + Furniture ₹ 10,000 = ₹ 1,75,000; Liabilition = Capital ₹ 1,75,000)
Distinguish between Journal and Ledger.
Following transactions took place in M/s Goodluck Computers. Prepare the Accounting Vouchers
2019
Particular
Jan-1 Bought Computer Mouse (4 Nos.) vide Cash Memo No. 338* 6,000
Jan-8 Wages paid for the month of December, 2018 10,000
Jan-12 Purchased two Desktop Computers from M/s Computech for cash vide Cash Memo No. 170 32,500
Jan-25 Paid cash to Hari & Sons vide receipt No. 102 for repairs 1,000
Jan-28 Paid postage 200
Jan-30 Cash withdrawn from bank 10,000
Transactions marked with * are subject to levy of CGST and SGST @ 6% each.
Find out the due dates of the bills in the following cases:
 
Date of the Bills
Period
I.
29th May, 2017 4 months
II.
31st March, 2017 1 month
III.
21st July, 2017 60 days
IV.
14th May, 2017 90 days
V.
28th January, 2016 1 month
VI.
31st January, 2016 1 month
 
Emergency holiday 22nd September
 
Journalise the following transaction in the Book of M/s. Beauti traders Also post them in the ledger.
Dec. 2017
 
1
Started business with cash
2,00,000
2
Bought office furniture
30,000
3
Paid into bank to open an current account
1,00,000
5
Purchased a computer and paid by cheque
2,50,000
6
Bought goods on credit from Ritika
60,000
8
Cash sales
30,000
9
Sold goods to Karishna on credit
25,000
12
Cash paid to Mansi on account
30,000
14
Goods returned to Ritika
2,000
15
Stationery purchased for cash
3,000
16
Paid wages
1,000
18
Goods returned by Karishna
2,000
20
Cheque given to Ritika
28,000
22
Cash received from Karishna on account
15,000
24
Insurance premium paid by cheque
4,000
26
Cheque received from Karishna
8,000
28
Rent paid by cheque
3,000
29
Purchased goods on credit from Meena Traders
20,000
30
Cash sales
14,000
What are ‘Books of Original Entry'?
Enter the following transactions in the Journal of Manohar Lal & Sons:
2019
 
March 1
Manohar Lal & Sons started business with cash
60,000
March 2
Purchased furniture for cash
10,000
March 4
Purchased goods for cash
25,000
March 5
Bought goods from Kamlesh
15,000
March 10
Paid cash to Kamlesh
15,000
March 16
Purchased goods from Sohan
6,000
March 18
Purchased goods from Sohan for cash
8,000
March 20
Paid rent for the office
1,000
Open 'T' shape account of our creditor 'Raghubir' and write the following transactions on the proper side:
  1. Purchased goods from Raghubir on credit for ₹ 50,000.
  2. Returned goods to Raghubir for ₹ 5,000.
  3. Paid to Raghubir ₹ 30,000.
  4. Purchased goods from Raghubir on credit for ₹ 16,000.
  5. Paid to Raghubir ₹ 20,000.
Record the following transactions in the books of Sahdev & Sons assuming all transactions have been entered within the state of Bihar, Charging CGST and SGST @ 9% each.
1.
Bought goods from Nanak Bros. for ₹ 4,00,000 at 10% trade discount and 3% cash discount on purchase price. 25% of the amount paid at the time of purchase.
2.
Sold goods to Kumar & Sons. for ₹ 2,00,000 at 20% trade discount and 5% cash discount on sale price. 60% of the amount received by Cheque.
3.
Received from Gopi Chand ₹ 38,000 by Cheque after deducting 5% cash discount.
4.
Paid ₹ 20,000 for rent by Cheque.
5.
Paid ₹ 50,000 for salaries by Cheque.
6.
Goods worth ₹ 10,000 distributed as free samples.
7.
₹ 5,000 due from Chanderkant are bad-debts.
8.
Sold household furniture for ₹ 15,000 and the proceeds were invested into business.