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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:On 28 February 2019, the debtors control account in the General Ledger of Lesego
Fashions showed a debit balance of R8 735, while the debtors list in the Debtors
ledger showed a total of R5 584.
The errors and omissions described below were found on 28 February 2019.
Required:
Indicate in the table provided below, how the errors and omissions should be
corrected in order to reconcile the control account balance with debtor's list total.
Debtors ledger
Debtors list
No.
General Ledger
Debtors control
Dr (+)
Cr (-)
Dr (+)
Cr (-)
1. The debtors list was overcast by R500.
2. The balance of a debtor was omitted from the debtors list, R75.
3. The balance on the account of a debtor, R150, was brought down incorrectly
as R15.
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