(a) Need to hold money to cater for future unforeseen eventualities
- Precautionary motive
(b) Need to have money to cater for daily expenses
- Transaction motive
(c) Need to have money with hope that prices will fall in future in order to purchase more
- Speculative motive
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Purchases ...
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Rate of stock turnover 3 times
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Sales 1 000 000
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Bad debts written off 5,000
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Record the following transactions in a double column cash book of JABER traders and balance
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April 3, 2019
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April 3, 2019
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The following transactions took place in the business of Kiprono during the first week of Jan.
2003
Jan 1st Balance brought down
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2003
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Bank= Kshs.35,000
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to be paid later
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The following cash book relates to Baraka enterprises
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Jan 10
Jan 15
Jan 20
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Jan 15
Jan 20
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April 3, 2019
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April 3, 2019
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April 3, 2019
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April 3, 2019
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