Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Correction of errors

Correction of errors — practice question

Sunita has drawn up a trial balance at 31 December 2023 and a draft income statement for the year ended 31 December 2023. Sunita then found the following errors. 1 The total of the sales returns journal for November 2023, $3 524, had been entered on the credit side of the purchases account. 2 The purchases journal for July 2023 had been understated by $90. 3 The total of the sales journal for May 2023, $19 415, had not been transferred to the sales account. 4 A receipt from P. Mattel, $129, had been debited to the account for M. Patel. 5 Capital introduced by Sunita, $5 000, had been entered in the bank account on the debit side but no further entry had been made. 6 A rent payment of $500 had been posted to the rent expense account as $50. Sunita’s gross margin is 40%.
(a)[4]

Prepare the journal entry to correct error 1 only. A narrative is needed.

(b)[7]

Prepare the suspense account. Show the balancing figure as the original difference on the trial balance.

(c(i))[4]

Calculate the corrected gross profit amounts in the table.

(c(ii))[3]

Calculate the corrected profit for the year in the table.

(d)[2]

Calculate Sunita’s sales revenue for the year ending 31 December 2023.

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