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What are the different types of "Vouchers" in an accounting process?

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2015/01/13
VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Types of vouchers:-

1) Primary vouchers:- a primary voucher is written evident in original.Purchase invoice, cash memos for goods purchased etc. are examples.

2) Collateral or secondary vouchers:- even evidences in original are not available, copies of the evidences are produced in support. Again,sometimes, subsidiary evidences are also provided for the purpose of audit.Such vouchers are usually known as collateral or secondary vouchers.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

agreed with Mr venkitaraman

Jijumon James
by Jijumon James , SENIOR ACCOUNTANT , BADR AL SAMAA HOSPITAL

Based on nature of preparation of audit evidence, can be classified into2:

1) Internal Evidence

These types of evidence/vouchers derived/prepared within the organisation.

Eg. Salary voucher prepared by the company

2) External Evidence

External evidences are derived/originates from outside the organisation. it is more reliable than internal evidences.

Eg. Purchase invoice, issued by the Supplier,

 

Sagheer Raza
by Sagheer Raza , Assistant Manager Finance , MATRIX PHARMACEUTICALS PRIVATE LIMITED

AGREED WITH MR. VENKITARAMAN

Ahmed kandil
by Ahmed kandil , Cost Controller , Battour Holding Cpompany

 VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN  i agree with him 

Waqas Raza Khan
by Waqas Raza Khan , Accountant , Cold Store Group of Saudi Arabia
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