A Trial Balance has an excess of debits over credits of 14,000 and a Suspense account has
Question:
A Trial Balance has an excess of debits over credits of £14,000 and a Suspense account has been opened to make it balance. It is later discovered that:
(a) The discounts allowed balance of £3,000 and the discount received balance of £7,000 have been entered on the wrong side of the Trial Balance.
(b) The Trade payables control account balance of £233,786 has been included in the Trial Balance as £237,386.
(c) An invoice of £500 had been omitted from the Sales Day Book.
(d) The balance on the current account with the senior partner’s wife had been omitted from the Trial Balance.
Required:
(a) Set out how you would make the necessary corrections and
(b) show the Suspense account, assuming that the corrections eliminated the balance placed in it.
Step by Step Answer:
Financial Accounting An Introduction
ISBN: 9780273737650
2nd Edition
Authors: Mr Barry Elliott, Mr Augustine Benedict