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QUESTION 2 [ 3 0 MARKS ] Mander has prepared his trial balance as at 3 1 January 2 0 2 3 and has found

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QUESTION 2[30 MARKS]
Mander has prepared his trial balance as at 31 January 2023 and has found that the debit
side total amounts to $72,860 and the credit side total amounts to $72,400. Further
investigations reveal the following errors:
A cheque of $696 received from Jill had been recorded as $669 in the books
Furniture and equipment purchased at $8000 cash had been debited to the
purchases account
A cheque of $125 paid to Sheila had been recorded on the wrong side of both
accounts
Commission received $210 by cheque had been completely omitted from the
books
Goods worth $70 taken by Mander for his own use had been recorded only in the
drawings account
A standing order payment for insurance $240 had been recorded on the wrong
side of the bank account
Sundry expenses account was undercast by $100
Goods costing $350 bought from Jenny had been credited to the account of Jessy
The sales day book was overcast by $200
A sale to Zenith had been correctly entered in the sales account as $230 but was
wrongly posted to Zenith's account as $320
An item of $120 had been debited twice in the stationery account
You are required to prepare:
(a) Journal entries (no narratives) to correct the errors
(b) A Suspense account
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