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: