Question 3 The book-keeper of a firm, having been unable to make the trial balance agree raised a Suspense Account in which he entered the difference. The trial balance drawn is as shown below: Business premises Equipment Sales Purchases Inventory Trade payables Trade receivables Bank Rates Trial balance as at December 2021 General expenses Capital Suspense Account DR GH¢ 314,000 200,000 You are required to: 625,000 80,000 90,000 180,000 15,000 25,000 1,000 1,530,000 Pass journal entries to correct the errors Write up the suspense account 3 CR GH¢ Draw up the corrected trial balance 900,000 Upon examination of the books, the following errors were detected; a. The purchases journal had been under-cast by GH¢75,000 b. Goods bought from a supplier amounting to GH¢185,000 had been posted to credit of his account as GH¢158,000 30,000 c. A cheques of GH¢160,000 received from a trade receivable and paid to bank has been dishonoured. Nothing concerning the dishonor has been entered in the books d. An item of GHe8,000 entered in the Sales Returns Book had been posted to the debit of the customer who returned the goods 600,000 e. An old equipment sold at GH50,000 had been entered in the sales day book, the total of which has been posted to the Sales Account f. An amount of GH$45,000 owing to a supplier had been omitted from the list of sundry trade payables 1,530,000 g. Discounts amounting to GH 4,000 allowed to a customer had been duly entered in his account, but not entered in the nominal ledger h. An amount of GH¢10,000 being rates treated as prepaid in the previous year, had not been brought forward as a balance on the Rates Account
Question 3 The book-keeper of a firm, having been unable to make the trial balance agree raised a Suspense Account in which he entered the difference. The trial balance drawn is as shown below: Business premises Equipment Sales Purchases Inventory Trade payables Trade receivables Bank Rates Trial balance as at December 2021 General expenses Capital Suspense Account DR GH¢ 314,000 200,000 You are required to: 625,000 80,000 90,000 180,000 15,000 25,000 1,000 1,530,000 Pass journal entries to correct the errors Write up the suspense account 3 CR GH¢ Draw up the corrected trial balance 900,000 Upon examination of the books, the following errors were detected; a. The purchases journal had been under-cast by GH¢75,000 b. Goods bought from a supplier amounting to GH¢185,000 had been posted to credit of his account as GH¢158,000 30,000 c. A cheques of GH¢160,000 received from a trade receivable and paid to bank has been dishonoured. Nothing concerning the dishonor has been entered in the books d. An item of GHe8,000 entered in the Sales Returns Book had been posted to the debit of the customer who returned the goods 600,000 e. An old equipment sold at GH50,000 had been entered in the sales day book, the total of which has been posted to the Sales Account f. An amount of GH$45,000 owing to a supplier had been omitted from the list of sundry trade payables 1,530,000 g. Discounts amounting to GH 4,000 allowed to a customer had been duly entered in his account, but not entered in the nominal ledger h. An amount of GH¢10,000 being rates treated as prepaid in the previous year, had not been brought forward as a balance on the Rates Account
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The book-keeper of a firm, having been unable to make the trial balance agree raised a Suspense
Account in which he entered the difference. The trial balance drawn is as shown below:
Trial balance as at December 2021
Business premises
Equipment
Sales
Purchases
Inventory
Trade payables
Trade receivables
Bank
Rates
General expenses
Capital
Suspense Account
DR
GH¢
314,000
200,000
You are required to:
● Pass journal entries to correct the errors
Write up the suspense account
3
625,000
80,000
● Draw up the corrected trial balance
90,000
180,000
15,000
25,000
1,000
1,530,000
CR
GHe
900,000
30,000
Upon examination of the books, the following errors were detected;
a. The purchases journal had been under-cast by GH$75,000
b. Goods bought from a supplier amounting to GH 185,000 had been posted to credit of his
account as GH¢158,000
600,000
c. A cheques of GH¢160,000 received from a trade receivable and paid to bank has been
dishonoured. Nothing concerning the dishonor has been entered in the books
d. An item of GH¢8,000 entered in the Sales Returns Book had been posted to the debit of
the customer who returned the goods
e. An old equipment sold at GH50,000 had been entered in the sales day book, the total of
which has been posted to the Sales Account
f.
An amount of GH¢45,000 owing to a supplier had been omitted from the list of sundry
trade payables
1,530,000
g. Discounts amounting to GH¢4,000 allowed to a customer had been duly entered in his
account, but not entered in the nominal ledger
h. An amount of GH¢10,000 being rates treated as prepaid in the previous year, had not
been brought forward as a balance on the Rates Account
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