End-of-day Procedures
At the end of the day, the cash receipts clerk prepares a three-part deposit slip for the total amount of the cash received. One copy is filed and the other two accompany the cash to the bank. Because cash is involved, armed guards are often used to escort the funds to the bank repository. Finally, a batch program summarizes the sales and cash receipts journals, prepares a journal voucher, and posts to the general ledger accounts as follows:
The accounting entry above may vary among businesses. Some companies will treat credit card sales as cash. Others will maintain an AR until the credit card issuer transfers the funds into their account.