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The Trial Balance of Marble Ltd as at 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 2 2 failed to balance, the debit side being

The Trial Balance of Marble Ltd as at 31/12/2022 failed to balance, the debit side being greater than the credit side by GHC 7,440. It was later discovered that the following errors have given rise to the difference between the two sides of the Trial Balance.
The bank account was debited with sales made of GHC 6,200 and the sales account was credited with the same amount, whereas GHC3,790 was cash sales and GHC2,410 was sales on credit.
Rent received from tenants GHC 1,200 was debited to the rent account. The amount was also debited to the bank account, as well.
Interest received GHC 700 was debited to interest on loan account and no other entry was made.
A cheque of GHC 1,480 issued by a debtor was dishonoured and in restoring the debt, his account was debited with GHC 1,480 and the bank account was credited with GHC 1,840.
The discount received account was overcast by GHC 550.
Sales made on credit to a customer for GHC 620 were not recorded.
Office equipment purchased for GHC 5,700 was debited to office equipment account but no other entry was made because payment had not been made.
Insurance premium paid by cheque GHC 450 was credited to both bank account and cash account and then debited to insurance account.
Motor van repairs GHC 860 was debited to motor van account and credited to bank account.
Required:
(a) Show the journal entries necessary to correct the above errors.
(b) Prepare a suspense account to show the correction
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