Q. 28. A Book-keeper finds the difference in the Trial Balance amounting to 710 and puts it in the suspense account. Later on he detects the following errors. Rectif, these and prepare the Suspense Account :- 1. Goods purchased from Ram 700 was passed through sales book. 2. Returned goods to Shyam 1,500 was passed through returns inward book. 3. An Item of 450 relating to prepaid rent account was omitted to be broueht forward. 4. An Item of 120 in respect of purchase returns, instead of being recorded in Returns outward book has been wrongly entered in the purchase book and posted therefrom to the debit of Personal A/c. 5. Amount payable to Subhash for repairs done to radio 180 and a new radio supplied for 1,920, were entered in the Purchase book as 2,000. Give full narrations for rectifying journal entries. Which of the above errors affected the agreement of Trial Balance?
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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