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2. Error Detection: Finds mistakes made by either you or the bank.
3. Fraud Prevention: Identifies suspicious transactions quickly.
4. Peace of Mind: You know exactly how much money you have (or owe).
Final Answer:
Overdraft as per Cash Book = Rs. 28,600
4. What do you mean by subsidiary books? Explain different types of subsidiary books.
What are the advantages of having subsidiary books?
Ans: A New Beginning: The Messy Diary Problem
Imagine you own a small stationery shop. Every day, customers come in to buy pens,
notebooks, and colours. You jot down all transactions in one big diary — purchases, sales,
cash received, payments made, everything. At first, this feels easy. But after a few months,
when you want to check how much you sold in March or how much you owe a supplier, it’s
chaos. You flip through dozens of pages, trying to find scattered entries.
This is exactly the problem early accountants faced. If everything is written in one book,
finding and managing information becomes a headache. So, over time, they created a
smarter method — divide the big diary into smaller, specialised diaries. Each smaller book is
made for a specific type of transaction. These are called subsidiary books.
Meaning of Subsidiary Books
Subsidiary books are special accounting books used to record one type of transaction in one
place.
• Instead of mixing all transactions in a single journal, each type gets its own book.
• For example, all credit sales are in one book, all credit purchases in another, and so
on.
• This makes the work faster, neater, and less confusing.
In short: Subsidiary books are like different drawers in a shop counter — one for bills, one
for receipts, one for orders — so you don’t mix them up.
The Different Types of Subsidiary Books
There are several subsidiary books, each with its own purpose. Let’s explore them one by
one, like visiting different sections of a shop.