The Purchases Daybook is a record of data extracted from which of the following source documents?
Select ONE answer:
- Invoices received from suppliers.
- Invoices issued to customers.
- Cheques issued.
- Orders received from customers.
Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:
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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.
The answer is 1
- Correct
- Incorrect – Invoices issued to customers are recorded in the sales journal.
- Incorrect – Cheques issued are recorded in the cash book (or cheque payments book).
- Incorrect – Customers’ orders are recorded in an order book but, as they do not represent accounting transactions, they are not entered in any book of original entry.

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