Bastien does not maintain Control accounts. His trial balance does not balance and he has opened a
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Bastien does not maintain Control accounts. His trial balance does not balance and he has opened a Suspense account. The following errors have now been discovered.
1. Discount received from Veeraj, amounting to $70, has been included in the discount column of the cash book but has not been posted to Veeraj's account.
2. Goods have been sold on credit to Bernard for $1400 less 25% trade discount. Correct entries have been made in the sales journal but $1000 has been posted to Bernard's ledger account.
3. A cheque for $400 received from Rodney has been debited in the cash book and also debited in Rodney's ledger account.
4. A motor vehicle costing $12 000 has been bought on credit from Nedof Motors. The Purchases account has been debited and Nedof Motor's account credited.
5. $60 spent by Bastien on his personal expenses has been posted to the Sundry Expenses account.
Required
Prepare the entries in Bastien's journal, with suitable narratives, to correct the above errors.
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