5. The difference in Trial Balance is kept in Suspense Account. Before preparing the Final Accounts, the following errors were detected: Purchase for $ 540 was written in Sales Day Book, but was posted to the correct side of Party's Account Salary Account Total $12,600 in one page, was carried over to the next page, as $1,260, on the side Interest on overdraft $650 was not posted to ledger from Cash Book. $600 collected from a Party, in respect of the old dues from him, which were written off as Bad Debt Two years ago, was credited to the Party's Account. Show Rectification Entries and Suspense Account State, to what extent the Profit and Loss Account would have been affected, if the above errors would not have been detected and corrected and also the Profit and Loss Account, before rectification.
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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