A trial balance was extracted on 31 March 2011 and the totals did not agree with there

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A trial balance was extracted on 31 March 2011 and the totals did not agree with there being a £422 shortage on the credit column. As a result, a suspense account was opened. In April 2011, the following errors were discovered.

(a) Insurance paid by cheque for £120 was entered on the debit sides of both accounts.

(b) We paid T Curran £18 cash but it was entered in both accounts as £81.

(c) Goods returned from G Oliver worth £34 were entered in Oliver’s account as a debit entry.

(d) Purchases were overstated by £114.

Produce the journal entries needed to correct the errors and make corresponding entries, where appropriate, in the suspense account.

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Frank Woods Business Accounting Basics

ISBN: 9780273725008

1st Edition

Authors: Frank Wood, Mr David Horner

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