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  • Contra Entry in Cash Book

  • Arjun EP
  • Published on: June 23, 2020

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    Contra Entry

    Contra is Latin word that means opposite.

    When cash deposit into bank or cash withdrawn from bank for office use, it will affect opposite accounts.

    To be contra entry, there must be one debit and other credit entry of cash and bank in one journal entries.

     Contra transaction increases cash in hand and decreases bank balance or vice-versa.

    ‘C’ is written for contra on both debit and credit side in LF columns.

     

    These are common sentences for contra entry:

    Cash paid into bank

    Deposited in bank

    Deposit money into bank

    Bank account open

    Drew cash from bank for office use

    Withdrew from bank for office use

    Withdrawing money for office use from bank

    Drawn for office use

     

    There are two entries are contra:

    Contra Entry

    Cash deposited into bank 

    Cash withdrawn from bank for office use 

    Bank account                            Dr

            To Cash account

    (Being- cash deposited into bank)

    Cash account                                    Dr

            To Bank account

    (Being- cash withdrawn from bank for office use)

    Keep in Mind (KIM)

    Cash withdrawn from bank for personal or private use is not contra entry.

    Drawings account                                  Dr

            To Bank account

    (Being- cash withdrawn from bank for personal use)

     

    Double Column Cash Book with Contra

    Here, Amount = Rs = $ = £ = € = ₹ = Af = ৳ = Nu = Rf = රු = 

     

    ILLUSTRATION: 5

    The following extracted balances are given by JK Traders:

    April 2:     Cash deposited into bank Rs 35,000.

    April 15: Cash withdrawn from bank for office use Rs 17,000.

    Required: Show in double column cash book.                                       

     

    SOLUTION:

    Given and working note:

    Step 1: Do journal entry as working note

    Step 1: Do journal entry as working note

    Cash deposited into bank

    Bank account       Dr 35,000

              To Cash                          35,000

    Cash withdrawn from bank for office use

    Cash account        Dr      17,000

              To Bank account            17,000

    Bank is in debit side Rs 35,000

    Cash is in credit side Rs 35,000

    Cash is in debit side Rs 17,000

    Bank is in credit side Rs 17,000

    Step 2: Write bank amount in debit column

    Step 3: Write ‘C’ in LF column

    Step 4: Write ‘To Cash account’ in particulars column.

    Step 5: Write cash amount in credit column

    Step 6: Write ‘C’ in LF column

    Step 7: Write ‘By Bank account’ in particulars column.

    Step 2: Write cash amount in debit column

    Step 3: Write ‘C’ in LF column

    Step 4: Write ‘To Bank account’ in particulars column.

    Step 5: Write bank amount in credit column

    Step 6: Write ‘C’ in LF column

    Step 7: Write ‘By Cash account’ in particulars column.

     

    Double Column Cash Book (Cash and Bank)

    Date

    Receipt

    LF

    Cash

    Bank

    Date

    Payment

    LF

    Cash

    Bank 

    Apr 2

    To Cash account4

     

    C3

    –

    35,0002

    Apr 2

    By Bank account7

    C6

    35,0005

    –

     

     

     

     

     

    Double Column Cash Book (Cash and Bank)

    Date

    Receipt

    LF

    Cash

    Bank

    Date

    Payment

    LF

    Cash

    Bank 

    Apr 15

    To Bank account4

     

    C3

    17,0002

     

    Apr 15

    By Cash account7

    C6

    –

    17,0005

     

     

     

     

     

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