What is purchase book and sales book?

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A purchase book is a book that records all the invoices for goods that are purchased by the firm or the business on credit. In other words, it records all the credit purchases.

A sales book is a book that records all the credit sales that are performed by the business.

Also read:

Cash Book

Purchase Book

Sales Book and Sales Return Book

Cash Flow Statement

Ledger in Accounting

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2017
March 1	Sold to Chandra Light House :−
	50 Tubelights @ ₹ 60 each Less : 20%
	20 Heaters @ ₹120 each Less : 25%
5	Purchased from Charat Ram Electric Co. :−
	25 Table Fans @ ₹ 600 each
	20 Ceiling Fans @ ₹800 each
10	Chaudhary & Sons purchased from us :−
	80 Dozen Bulbs @ ₹ 90 per Dozen
12	Purchased from Ram Lal & Sons one Typewriter for ₹ 6,000 on credit, for office use.
16	Sri Ram & Sons sold to us :−
	10 Electric Irons @ ₹ 180 each less : 10%
20	Chandra Light House returned :−
	5 Tubelights sold on March 1.
22	Sold goods to Jai Bhagwan & Co. for cash ₹ 10,000.
25	Returned to Sri Ram & Sons 2 Electric Irons purchased on March 16.

2019
Jan. 1	Bought from M/s. Uma Datt, Mumbai:
	1,000 Registers @ ₹ 80 each
	50 Reams Paper @ ₹ 250 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 25%
	Plus: IGST @ 5%
Jan. 2	Sold to Shri Dayal, Bengaluru:
	250 Registers @ ₹ 85 each
	5 Reams paper @ ₹ 300 per ream
	Charged CGST and SGST @ 2.5% each
Jan. 8	Bought from BILT, Delhi:
	100 Reams Ruled Paper @ ₹ 600 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 15%
	Plus IGST @ 5%
Jan. 12	Sold to Gupta Bros., Delhi:
	250 Registers @ ₹ 85 each
	50 Reams Ruled Paper @ 700 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 5%, charged IGST @ 5%
Jan. 18	Sold to Ram Saran Das:
	20 copies Double Entry Book Keeping @ ₹ 85 each
Jan. 25	Bought from Hari Ram, Delhi:
	1,000 pens @ ₹ 10 each
	Less: Trade Discount 15%
	Plus IGST @ 5%
Jan. 31	Sold to Rishi Kumar, Bengaluru:
	300 Registers @ ₹ 90 each
	50 Reams Ruled Paper @ ₹ 700 per ream
	20 Reams Paper @ ₹ 300 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 10%, charged CGST and SGST @ 2.5% each

2018
Jan. 1	Bought from M/s. Uma Datt, Mumbai, on credit:
	1,000 Ragisters @ ₹ 80 each
	50 Reams Paper @ ₹ 250 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 25%
	Add: IGST @ 5%
Jan. 2	Sold to Shri Dayal, Bengaluru:
	250 Registers @ ₹ 85 each
	5 Reams paper @ ₹ 300 per ream
	Charged CGST and SGST @ 2.5% each
Jan. 8	Bought from BILT, Delhi:
	100 Reams Ruled Paper @ ₹ 600 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 15%
	Plus IGST @ 5%
Jan. 12	Sold to Gupta Bros., Delhi:
	250 Registers @ ₹ 85 each
	50 Reams Ruled Paper @ 700 per ream
	Less: Trade Discount 5%, charged IGST @ 5%
Jan. 18	Sold to Ram Saran Das:
	20 copies Double Entry Book Keeping @ ₹ 85 each
Jan. 25	Bought from Hari Ram, Delhi:
	1,000 pens @ ₹ 10 each
	Less: Trade Discount 15%
	Plus IGST @ 5%
Jan. 31	Sold to Rishi Kumar, Bengaluru:
	300 Registers @ ₹ 90 each
	50 Reams Ruled Paper @ ₹ 700 per ream
	20 Reams Paper @ ₹ 300 per ream
	Trade Discount 10%, charged CGST and SGST @ 2.5% each

Rectify the following errors:

(a)	Sales book overcast by Rs 700.
(b)	Purchases book overcast by Rs 500.
(c)	Sales return book overcast by Rs 300.
(d)	Purchase return book overcast by Rs 200.

2016
June 7	Purchased from Arora & Co., Nai Sarak
	10 Chairs @ ₹ 200 each
	1 Table for ₹ 600
	Trade discount 10%
June 10	Sold to Sudha Furniture Co., Agra
	2 Almirahs @ ₹ 2,000 each
	Less : 15%
June 12	Sold to Meera Mart for cash
	10 Tables @ ₹ 1,000 each
June 15	Purchased from Hira Lal & Sons for cash
	15 Chairs @ ₹ 350 each
June 16	Purchased from Fateh Chand & Co., Delhi
	5 Chairs @ ₹ 180 each
June 25	Sold to Ravi Sharma, Delhi
	2 Dining Tables @ ₹ 6,000 each
	Less : 10%

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