4. At the year-end of T Down & Co, an imbalance in the trialbalance was revealed which resulted in the creation of aасcountwithcreditbalance of $1,040.suspenseInvestigations revealed the following errors.a. A sale of goods on credit for $1,000 had been omitted fromthe sales account.ab. Delivery and installation costs of $240 on a new item ofplant had been recorded as a revenue expense.c. Cash discount of $150 on paying a supplier, JW, had beentaken, even though the payment was made outside the timelimit.d. Inventory of stationery at the end of the period of $240 hadbeen ignored.e. A purchase of raw materials of $350 had been recorded inthe purchases account as $850.f. The purchase returns day book included a sales credit notefor $230 which had been entered correctly in the account ofthe customer concerned, but included with purchase returnsin the nominal ledger.Required(a) Prepare journal entries to correct each of the above errors.Narratives are not required.(b) Open a suspense account and show the corrections to be made.(c) Prior to the discovery of the errors, T Down & Co's gross profitfor the year was calculated at $35,750 and the net profit for theyear at $18,500. Calculate the revised gross and net profit figuresafter the correction of the errors.

Suspense Account is used by a company to rectify the error of mismatched trial balance account. The…

Required (a) Prepare journal entries to correct each of the above errors. Narratives are not required. (b) Open a suspense account and show the corrections to be made. (c) Prior to the discovery of the errors, T Down & Co's gross profit for the year was calculated at $35,750 and the net profit for the year at $18,500. Calculate the revised gross and net profit figures after the correction of the errors.

Required (a) Prepare journal entries to correct each of the above errors. Narratives are not required. (b) Open a suspense account and show the corrections to be made. (c) Prior to the discovery of the errors, T Down & Co's gross profit for the year was calculated at $35,750 and the net profit for the year at $18,500. Calculate the revised gross and net profit figures after the correction of the errors.

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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