Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Correction of errors

Correction of errors — practice question

Mosi trades as a trader. At 30 April 2022, the totals of his trial balance were not equal, so the difference was entered in a suspense account. Mosi subsequently found these errors: 1 Commission received, $96$, had been posted to the discount received account on the debit side. The bank account entry was posted correctly. 2 The April 2022 sales journal total of $1258$ was entered in the sales account as $2185$. 3 A cheque payment for motor expenses of $77$ was left out of the book-keeping records. 4 An electronic transfer payment of $135$ was written into the petty cash book instead. 5 A supplier invoice from Tracey for $160$ had been credited to Stacey’s account.
(a)[11]

Prepare the journal entries that correct errors 1-5. Narratives are not needed.

(b)[4]

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

(c)[5]

Calculate Mosi’s corrected profit for the year ended 30 April 2022.

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