Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Correction of errors

Correction of errors — practice question

Anil is a trader. The totals on the trial balance he prepared on 31 December 2020 failed to agree. Debit totals were $5140 greater than credit totals. The following mistakes were later found. 1 The sales account had been undercast by $7100. 2 Sales returns of $520 had been posted as a credit to 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 had not been entered in the bank charges account. 4 A cheque refund of $600 for insurance overpaid had been recorded on the wrong side of the bank account and no entry had been made in the insurance account.
(a)[12]

Prepare journal entries that correct errors 1 to 4. No narratives are required.

(b)[6]

Fill out the suspense account.

(c)[2]

Name two categories of error that a trial balance cannot disclose.

Worked solution & mark scheme

This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: The correct journal entries for errors 1-4 are shown below.

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