Purchase journal

Not to be confused with purchase ledger, a different system in accounting.

A purchase journal is a specialised accounting journal and it is also a prime entry book/daybook/main entry book which is used in an accounting system to keep track of the orders of items placed using accounts payable.[1]

Simply a purchase journal can be defined as the main entry book which is used to record credit transactions (credit purchases) for resalable purposes.[2]

The Source document which is used as an evidence in recording transactions into purchase journal is Purchase invoice.

Credit purchase of current assets/Non current assets are not considered when recording in Purchase journal.

## Double entry related to credit purchase for resalable purpose

* Purchase a/c Debit
* Creditors a/c Credit

## See also

* Sales journal
* General journal
* Bookkeeping
* Special journals

## References

1. ↑ "Purchases Journal - Definition | Meaning | Example" (in en-US). My Accounting Course. https://www.myaccountingcourse.com/accounting-dictionary/purchases-journal.
2. ↑ "Purchases Journal - An Example - AccountingExplanation.com". http://www.accountingexplanation.com/purchases_journal.htm.

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