{"id":21371,"date":"2021-08-19T16:17:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=21371"},"modified":"2022-10-20T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T10:31:10","password":"","slug":"purchase-book-overview","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/documents\/purchase-book-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchase Book Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" title=\"vimeo132416132\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/132416132?autoplay=0&amp;autopause=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/132416132?autoplay=0&amp;autopause=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Purchase or Creditors Ledger in the accounting software is used to maintain records of transactions between your business and individual Suppliers. \u00a0You normally use the Purchase Ledger to find out how much you owe your Suppliers and to see details of your transactions with them. \u00a0Other terms with which you may be familiar are \u2018Ledger Cards\u2019 or \u2018Supplier Accounts\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>When you set up a new Supplier you are creating a Purchase Ledger Account. \u00a0This account is automatically updated every time you make an entry in the Purchases Book recording details of an invoice or credit note received from that Supplier. \u00a0It is also automatically updated when you record details of a payment to a Supplier in the Bank Payments Book or Cash Payments Book.<\/p>\n<p>Looking up the Purchase Ledger account for a Supplier will show you a list of invoices and credit notes you have received from that Supplier, a list of payments you have already made, details of any adjustments made to the account (<em>e.g.<\/em> for discount received) and the balance owed to the Supplier.<\/p>\n<p>To open the Purchases book click on the Purchases Book icon or select\u00a0 from the Books in the accounting software.<\/p>\n<p>A screen similar to the one below is displayed:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21372 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PurchBook.jpg\" alt=\"how to use big red cloud software\" width=\"663\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PurchBook.jpg 663w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PurchBook-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Opening\/Browse Screen of the Purchases Book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purchase or Creditors Ledger in the accounting software is used to maintain records of transactions between your business and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[209],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21371","1":"docs","2":"type-docs","3":"status-publish","5":"doc_category-purchases"},"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":214,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"apathak","author_nicename":"apathak","author_url":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/author\/apathak\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Purchases","term_url":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/docs-category\/purchases\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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