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7.2                                                    Double Entry Book Keeping—CBSE XI


                                                  CHAPTER SUMMARY

                     •  Financial accounting records contain factual financial information and, therefore, all business
                       transactions should be evidenced by documentary evidence. For example, a cash memo
                       showing cash sales, an invoice showing sale of goods on credit, the receipt made out by the
                       payee against cash payment, are all examples of source documents.
                     •  A voucher is a document providing evidence of a business transaction.
                     •  Types of Vouchers: 1. Supporting Vouchers and 2. Accounting Vouchers.
                       1. Supporting Vouchers: These vouchers are generated following a business transaction.
                         These vouchers are the documentary evidence of business transactions having taken place.
                       2. Accounting Vouchers: These are secondary vouchers prepared on the basis of supporting
                         vouchers by an Accountant and countersigned by an authorised person of the organisation
                         for the purpose of recording in the books of account.
                         These vouchers may be classified into the following categories:
                         (i) Cash Vouchers and (ii) Non-Cash Vouchers or Transfer Vouchers.
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