Tag: meaning and advantages of cash book

Total of the debit side of the cash book or cash A/c always exceeds its credit side because payments of a business cannot exceed the receipts amount. So, the cash book shows debit balance. When payments are exactly equal to the receipt of the business, it will show zero balance, but it can never show the credit balance. Thus, the cash book will always show debit balance or zero balance.

The debit balance as per the cash book means the balance of deposits held at the bank. Such a balance will be a credit balance as per the passbook. Such a balance exists when the deposits made by the firm are more than its withdrawals.

When the total of debit column of the Cash Book (Bank column) is more than the total credit column of Cash Book (Bank column), it is known as debit balance. That is, there is a favourable balance of cash deposited at the bank. When Cash Book balance is given, it is treated as debit balance.

Credit transactions are not recorded in Cash Book.

The debit balance as per the cash book means the balance of deposits held at the bank.

A cash book is a subsidiary to the general ledger in which all cash transactions during a period are recorded.

All transactions in the cash book have two sides: debit and credit. All cash receipts are recorded on the left-hand side as a debit, and all cash payments are recorded by date on the right-hand side as a credit.

The recording of transactions in the cash book takes the shape of a ledger account. Receipts of cash are entered on the debit side and cash payments on the credit side, there is no need of cash account in the ledger books of a firm. 

Cash book is a book in which all transactions relating to cash receipts and cash payments are recorded. It starts with the cash or bank balances at the beginning of the period. Generally, it is made on monthly basis.