Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Correction of errors

Correction of errors — practice question

Nikita is a trader. Her trial balance totals at 30 June 2021 failed to agree. Debits were higher than credits by $2600$, so Nikita opened a suspense account. The errors discovered afterwards were as follows. 1 Insurance of $2500$ was recorded as $4500$ in the insurance account. The correct amount had already been entered in the cash book. 2 The $500$ total in the discount received column of the cash book was posted to the discount allowed account in the general ledger. 3 Credit sales of $1400$ to Kajal were entered correctly in the sales account, but Kajal’s account was debited with $1000$. 4 A cheque for $700$ received from Anisah was entered correctly in the cash book, but it was credited to Aisha’s account.
(a)[10]

Prepare the journal entries needed to correct errors 1 to 4. Narratives are unnecessary.

(b)[5]

Prepare the suspense account. Begin with the trial balance difference.

(c)[5]

Complete the statement to show how correcting errors 1 to 4 affects the profit for the year. If an error has no impact on profit, write ‘no effect’. Calculate the corrected profit for the year.

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