08 November 2010
When we are doing voucher entry we get (1) Receipt voucher - when DR is cash or bank (2) Payment voucher - when CR is cash or bank (3) Contra vouchers - when Dr & Cr are cash/bank (4) Sales voucher - when Cr is from Sales Group (5) Payment voucher - when Dr is from Purchase Group (6) Journal Vouchers are for all remaining entries like - depreciation; interest accrued; adjustment entries etc when the above 5 types can not be used. Some packages do have other types too for different nature of transactions.
08 November 2010
According to Me Journal Voucher means Every transaction must be recorded in books of account by means of Journalising or Journal Entry. Journal Voucher means it is a separate type of Voucher in which we can not' pass the entry of any payment or receipt through which bank or cash not involved.