Trade payables balances at 1st June, per control account and per list of individual purchase ledger balances
Question:
Trade payables balances at 1st June, per control account and per list
of individual purchase ledger balances £306,895
Purchases for the month, per list of purchase invoices £1,206,790
Payments to suppliers during the month, per the cash book £1,180,450
Total of individual purchase ledger balances £339,985
Checks have revealed that the total purchases and payment amounts shown above are correct, but that there are two known errors:
• An invoice for £2,100 was posted twice to the individual supplier’s account.
• A payment of £4,650 was not posted to the individual supplier account.
Required:
(a) Write up the purchase ledger control account for the month ended 30th June.
(b) Prepare a statement reconciling the list of individual balances to the purchase ledger control account.
(c) What use might the purchase ledger control account be to internal and external auditors?
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