[Debit] Purchases [Credit] Cash / bank / accounts payable
Purchases journal is used to record purchases on account while Cash payment journal is used to record purchases for cash and cash payments.
a cash payment journal is used to record only cash payment transactions where as the purchases journal is used to record ONLY purchases on account transactions
[Debit] Equipment account [Credit] Cash / bank
Purchase journal is used to record "Credit Purchases" for resale purpose like supplies from suppliers and hence no cash purchases are recorded as cash purchases are recorded in cash payment journal.
[Debit] Purchases [Credit] Cash / bank / accounts payable
Purchases journal is used to record purchases on account while Cash payment journal is used to record purchases for cash and cash payments.
a cash payment journal is used to record only cash payment transactions where as the purchases journal is used to record ONLY purchases on account transactions
[Debit] Equipment account [Credit] Cash / bank
Journal entry is the basic transaction to record the business transaction and without journal entry no record can be maintained.
A journal records what you're findings are
You record he credit entry for transaction (a) 5/1 in the journal as
Purchase journal is used to record "Credit Purchases" for resale purpose like supplies from suppliers and hence no cash purchases are recorded as cash purchases are recorded in cash payment journal.
Purchase journal only records and deals in with purchases and don't deal with sales items.
Journal entry is required to record business transaction in books of accounts and without journal entry no business transaction can be recorded in books.
[Debit] Purchase Return [Credit] Purchases
loss by theft A/c to purchases