Question No 28 Chapter No 16
Credit Balance in Suspense Account
28. The following mistakes were located in the book of concern after it closed the account books and a suspense Account was opened in order to get the trial balance agreed
- Sales day book was overcast by Rs 100
- A sale of Rs 50 to X was wrongly debited to Y
- General expenses of Rs 18 was posted in Gernal Ledger as Rs 80
- A bill Receivable for Rs 155 was passed through Bills Payable Book. The bill was given by Anjum Saeed
- A sum of Rs 119 paid for legal expenses paid to Tahir Zaman was debited to his personal account
- Cash received from C.Das was debited to G.Das Rs 150
- While carrying forward the total of one page of the pass book to the next, the amount of Rs 1,235 was written as Rs 1, 325
The solution of Question No 28 Chapter No 16:-
Journal | |||||
Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
(a) | Sale A/c | Dr. | 100 | ||
To Suspense A/c | 100 | ||||
(Being sale book over cost now corded.) | |||||
(b) | X A/c | Dr. | 50 | ||
To Y A/c | 50 | ||||
(Being sale to X, wrongly debited to Y, corrected.) | |||||
(c) | Suspense A/c | Dr. | 62 | ||
To General Expenses A/c | 62 | ||||
(Being expenses Rs 18 wrongly posted Rs 80 now corded.) | |||||
(d) | Bill Payable A/c | Dr. | 155 | ||
Bill Receivable A/c | Dr. | 155 | |||
To Purchases A/c | 310 | ||||
(Being B/R being treated as B/P now corrected.) | |||||
(e) | Legal Expenses A/c | Dr. | 119 | ||
To Drafty A/c | 119 | ||||
(Being legal expenses paid wrongly debited in personal account now corded.) | |||||
(f) | Supplier’s A/c | Dr. | 300 | ||
To G.Das A/c | 150 | ||||
To C. Das A/c | 150 | ||||
(Being bad debts recovered wrongly credited in debtors account now corded.) | |||||
(g) | Suspense A/c | Dr. | 90 | ||
To Purchases A/c | 90 | ||||
(Being wrong carry forward in purchase book now corded.) | |||||
Suspense A/c |
Cr. | ||||
Particulars |
J.F. | Amount | Particulars |
J.F. | Amount |
To General Ex A/c | 62 | By Sale A/c | 100 | ||
To C. Das A/c | 150 | By Balance C/d | 352 | ||
To G. Das A/c | 150 | ||||
To Purchases A/c | 90 | ||||
452 | 452 |
Error Rectification in accounting – Explanation with examples
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Chapter No. 6 – Accounting for Goods and Services Tax(GST)
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Chapter No. 10 – Journal Proper
Chapter No. 11 – Trial Balance
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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