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Tally Vouchers with Easy definition and examples

Tally Vouchers With Definition and Examples

Contra Voucher (F4)

    Contra voucher is used when money is transferred from bank account to cash account or vice versa from one bank account to another bank account within the same company for ex. Withdrawal of money from bank account for petty cash use.

Ex. On 1st April withdraw rs 2000/- from bank account for petty cash use

For debit credit mode (double entry mode)

Click on f12 configuration set no for use single entry mode for receipt/contra/payment vouchers.

Credit: bank acc (bank details, cheque details)

Debit: petty cash ( cash-in-hand group)

Narration: amount withdrawal for petty cash. Ch. No. 12345

Single entry mode:

Account: petty cash (account is the amount which is receiving the amount)

Particular: bank(which is giving the amount)

Payment Voucher

    Payment voucher is used when we pay money to creditor or any other party. Payment can be by cash or through a cheque that is by bank.

For example a company paid a cheque of a rupees 4000 against an old purchase to a creditor other examples could be

Electricity Bill payment, telephone bill payment, purchase of stationary for office use etc.

Question: On 1st April paid rs 2500 to star enterprises by cheque.

Single Entry mode

Account: Indian Bank (cheque)

Particular: Star enterprises.

Double entry mode

Debit: star enterprises

Credit: Indian bank

Narration: paid to sundry creditor by cheque

Receipt Voucher

    Receipt Voucher is used when the company receives the money from debtor or any other party

For example The company received cheque of rs 4000 from old sales from Debtor

Other examples could be Received interest, received commission, sold old office furniture and received money..

Question: On 5th april received cash from sk brothers by cash

Single entry mode

Account: cash (debited ac)

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Particular: s and k (we got money from sk brothers)

Double entry mode

Debit: cash

Credit: s and k brothers

Narration: received amount by cash.