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What is the primary function of a cash book?

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Books of prime entry

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What is the primary function of a cash book?.

  1. A.To record credit sales
  2. B.To manage petty cash
  3. C.To record cash transactions
  4. D.To track inventory

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Books of Prime Entry

The business maintains a cash book, petty cash book, sales journal, purchases journal, sales returns journal, purchases returns journal, and general journal.

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    Describe the purpose of the cash book and how it functions as both a book of prime entry and a ledger account.

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