Special journals are the journals in which special classes of transactions are recorded such as; purchases book records purchases of goods on credit; sales book records sales of goods on credit; purchases returns book records the return of goods purchased (returns outwards); sales returns book records the return of goods sold (return inwards); bills receivable book records the bills accepted by the debtors and bills payable book records the bills drawn by the creditors.
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