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Cash journal: In business, the cash transactions are broadly divided in two categories cash receipts and cash payments. As both these kinds of transactions occur frequently in the business, special journals are prepared for this, namely cash receipts journal and cash payments journal.
Cash receipts journal: A cash receipts journal is a special journal which records all the cash receipts in the business. The cash sales, cash purchases, and the cash collections are recorded in the cash receipts journal.
Cash payments journal: A cash payments journal is the special journal that records all the cash payments and the cash disbursements in the business.
To indicate: (a) The journal and (b) The columns in the journal used to record the transaction.

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