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(a) From the following particulars, calculate total sales.

Particulars₹Particulars₹
Debtors on 1st April 20182,50,000Bills receivable dishonoured15,000
Bills receivable on 1st April 201860,000Returns inward50,000
Cash received from debtors7,25,000Bills receivable on 31st March 201990,000
Cash received for bills receivable1,60,000Sundry debtors on 31st March, 20192,40,000
Bad debts30,000Cash sales3,15,000

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(b) Explain any five applications of computerised accounting system.

Puducherry TnboardTamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2023Subjective· 5mImportance★★★★★
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(a) Find bills received (₹2,05,000) from the Bills Receivable A/c, then credit sales (₹9,85,000) as the balancing figure of the Total Debtors A/c; total sales = 9,85,000 + 3,15,000 = ₹13,00,000. (b) Five uses of a computerised accounting system.

(a) Calculation of total sales

Step 1 — Bills Receivable Account (to find bills received from debtors)

Particulars₹Particulars₹
To Balance b/d60,000By Cash (B/R collected)1,60,000
To Sundry Debtors (B/R received) (bal. fig.)2,05,000By Sundry Debtors (B/R dishonoured)15,000
By Balance c/d90,000
Total2,65,000Total2,65,000

Step 2 — Total Debtors Account (credit sales = balancing figure)

Particulars₹Particulars₹
To Balance b/d2,50,000By Cash received from debtors7,25,000
To Bills Receivable (dishonoured)15,000By Bills Receivable (B/R received)2,05,000
To Credit sales (bal. fig.)9,85,000By Bad debts30,000
By Returns inward50,000
By Balance c/d2,40,000
Total12,50,000Total12,50,000

Step 3 — Total sales = Credit sales + Cash sales = 9,85,000 + 3,15,000 = ₹13,00,000.

(b) Five applications of a computerised accounting system

  1. Maintaining books of accounts — recording vouchers and automatically posting to ledgers, trial balance and final accounts. …

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