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The following trial balance has been extracted from the books of Lweendo, a sole trader, as at 3 1 March 2 0 2 4 :

The following trial balance has been extracted from the books of Lweendo, a
sole trader, as at 31 March 2024:
After extracting the above balances, the following errors and omissions were discovered
As the trial balance totals did not agree, the difference was posted to the suspense
account. The following errors were discovered:
Discount received by Lweendo from his suppliers K50 was not recorded in the
supplier's account (or payables account).
Lweendo had withdrawn K280 cash for private use which was debited to wages
account.
The total from purchases day book K65,086 had been posted to purchases
account as K64,906.
The purchase of machinery for K7,360 had been entered in the machinery
account as K7,720
Required:
(a) Prepare journal entries with appropriate narratives to correct each of the errors
and omissions in (i) to iv) above 8 marks
(b) Write up and balance off the suspense account.
2marks
(c) Re-draft the corrected trial balance, taking into account errors 5 marks
(d) Briefly describe three (3) errors that are disclosed by the trial balance 5 marks
(e) Explain four (4) types of errors which would not affect the balancing of a trial
balance.
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