Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Reconciliation and verification

Reconciliation and verification — practice question

A business keeps control accounts as part of its double-entry system. Which error would lead to an entry being made in the suspense account?

  • AA purchases journal total of $9\,870$ is incorrectly posted as $9\,780$.
  • BCarriage outwards is credited to the carriage outwards account but correctly accounted for in the cash book.
  • CDiscounts allowed are debited to the discounts allowed account and credited to the purchases ledger control account.
  • DRepairs to a vehicle are debited to the vehicles account.

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