Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Correction of errors

Correction of errors — practice question

Anil works as a trader. When he drew up the trial balance on 31 December 2020, the totals did not match. Debits were $5140 more than credits. The mistakes identified later were: 1 The sales account had been undercast by $7100. 2 Sales returns of $520 had been entered as a credit in the purchases account. The correct entry had already been made in the customer’s account. 3 Bank charges of $320 had been entered correctly in the cash book, but no entry had been made in the bank charges account. 4 A cheque refund of $600 for insurance overpaid had been posted to the wrong side of the bank account, and no entry had been made in the insurance account.
(a)[12]

Prepare journal entries to correct errors 1 to 4. Explanatory narratives are unnecessary.

(b)[6]

Complete the suspense account entries.

(c)[2]

Name two error types that a trial balance does not disclose.

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