the suspense figure. Prepare the Income Statement for the year ended 31st December, 2020 and a Statement of Financial Position as at that date with the following additional information Stock at the end of the year was GHS72,500 Rent & rate have been prepaid by GHS3,600 Loan interest is accrued by GHS1,500 Equipment is to be depreciated at 10% p.a on cost

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Bonsu is the owner of a retail business. He has employed an inexperienced book-keeper to maintain the accounting records. On 31st December 2020, the end of the business’s accounting year, the book-keeper extracted the following trial balance.

 

Trial balance as at 31st December 2020

                                                               Debit (GHS)         Credit (GHS)

Sales                                                     1,250,000

Purchases                                                                              700,000

Discount Allowed                                     18,300                   

Carriage Inwards                                     28,000

Carriage Outwards                                                                31,200

Rent, rate & insurance                             61,700

Heating & Lighting                                   38,000

Postage & stationery                                4,200

Advertising                                              10,600

Wages & salaries                                                                94,000

Interest on Bank Loan                                                         3,500

Bad debt                                                  7,100

Debtors/Creditors                                    63,900                 74,000

Cash in hand                                            12,500

Bank Overdraft                                        18,400

Stock at 01/01/2006                                                           50,550

Equipment (Cost GHC540,000)                                         444,000

Bank Loan                                              40,000

Drawings                                                 20,800

Capital                                                                               245,950

Suspense                                                                             24,300

                                                          1,673,500            1,673,500

 

Redraft the trial balance to eliminate the suspense figure.

Prepare the Income Statement for the year ended 31st December, 2020 and a Statement of Financial Position as at that date with the following additional information

Stock at the end of the year was GHS72,500

Rent & rate have been prepaid by GHS3,600

Loan interest is accrued by GHS1,500

Equipment is to be depreciated at 10% p.a on cost

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