Question No 24 Chapter No 16
Recertification after the Preparation of Trail Balance but before Final Account
Single Account Errors
24. Ganesh Kumar drew a trial balance of his operations for the year ended 31.3.2018. There was a difference in the Trial Balance ?` 18,290 excess credit which he closed with a Suspense Account. On scrutiny by the Auditors, the following errors were found :
(a) Purchase Day Book for the month of April, 2017, was undercast by Z 1,000.
(b) Sales Day Book for the month of October, 2017 was overcast by Z 10,000.
(c) A Furniture purchased for Z 8,100 was entered in the Furniture Account as Z 810.
(d) A bill for Z 10,000 drawn upon Gulshan Kumar was not entered in the Bills Receivable Book.
(e) Machinery purchased for Z 10,000 was entered in the Purchase Day Book.
Pass necessary journal entries to rectify the same and ascertain the difference in the Trial Balance that was shown under the Suspense Account in respect of the above items.
The solution of Question No 24 Chapter No 16:-
Journal | |||||
Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
(a) | Purchase A/c | Dr. | 1,000 | ||
To Suspense A/c | 1,000 | ||||
(Being purchased book being under cast now corded.) | |||||
(b) | Sale A/c | Dr. | 10,000 | ||
To Suspense A/c | 10,000 | ||||
(Being sales book being overcast now corded.) | |||||
(c) | Furniture A/c | Dr. | 7,290 | ||
To Suspense A/c | 7,290 | ||||
(Being furniture purchased Rs 8,100 recorded as Rs 810.) | |||||
(d) | Bill Receivable A/c | Dr. | 10,000 | ||
To Ganesh A/c | 10,000 | ||||
(Being acceptance unrecorded in the book now corrected ) | |||||
(e) | Machinery A/c | Dr. | 10,000 | ||
To Purchases A/c | 10,000 | ||||
(Being purchases of machinery wrongly recorded in purchases book now corrected .) | |||||
Suspense A/c |
Cr. | ||||
Particulars |
J.F. | Amount | Particulars |
J.F. | Amount |
By Purchases A/c | 1,000 | ||||
By Sale A/c | 10,000 | ||||
By Furniture A/c | 7,290 | ||||
To Balance c/d | 18,290 | ||||
18,290 | 18,290 |
Error Rectification in accounting – Explanation with examples
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Chapter No. 16 – Rectification of Errors
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