Question No 15 Chapter No 16
Error in two Accounts with same Account
15. Pass journal entries to rectify the following errors in the book of Ajay Sehgal:
- A purchases of goods for Rs 2,600 from Sushil recorded in sale book
- Sanjeev Sharma owes Rs 2,900. he paid Rs 2800 in full satisfaction but no entry was made in book
- Tarun gave acceptance of Rs 5,500 which was recorded in the bill payable book
- An old typewriter of Rs 4,800 was sold for Rs 4,100 but no entry was made in the book
- Neeru returned goods worth Rs 1,900 but the transaction was wrongly recorded in the return outward book
The solution of Question No 15 Chapter No 16:-
| Journal | |||||
| Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
| (a) | Sale A/c | Dr. | 2,600 | ||
| Purchases A/c | Dr. | 2,600 | |||
| To Sushil A/c | 5,200 | ||||
| (Being purchases wrongly tarted as sale now corrected.) | |||||
| (b) | Cash A/c | Dr. | 2,800 | ||
| Discount A/c | Dr. | 100 | |||
| To Sanjeev Sharma A/c | 2,900 | ||||
| (Being cash received and discount allowed not entered in the book now recorded.) | |||||
| (c) | Bill receivable A/c | Dr. | 5,500 | ||
| Bill Payable A/c | Dr. | 5,500 | |||
| To Sushil A/c | 11,000 | ||||
| (Being B/R wrongly tarted as B/P now corrected.) | |||||
| (d) | Cash A/c | Dr. | 4,100 | ||
| Loss on sale of typewriter A/c | Dr. | 700 | |||
| To Sanjeev Sharma A/c | 4,800 | ||||
| (Being sale of old typewriter, now recorded.) | |||||
| (e) | Return inward A/c | Dr. | 1,900 | ||
| Return outwards A/c | Dr. | 1,900 | |||
| To Neeru A/c | 3,800 | ||||
| (Being return inward wrongly recorded in return outward book now corrected.) | |||||
Error Rectification in accounting – Explanation with examples
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Chapter No. 2 – Theory Base of Accounting
Chapter No. 3 – Origin of Transactions
Chapter No. 4 – Vouchers and transactions
Chapter No. 6 – Accounting for Goods and Services Tax(GST)
Chapter No. 9 – Other Subsidiary Books
Chapter No. 10 – Journal Proper
Chapter No. 11 – Trial Balance
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Chapter No. 12 – Bank Reconciliation Statement
Chapter No. 14 – Provisions and Reserves
Chapter No. 15 – Bills of Exchange
Chapter No. 16 – Rectification of Errors
Chapter No. 17 – Financial Statements – (Without Adjustments)
Chapter No. 18 – Financial Statements – (With Adjustments)






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