Trial balance of John did not agree. He put the difference to suspense account and discovered the

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Trial balance of John did not agree. He put the difference to suspense account and discovered the following errors :
(a) In the sales book for the month of January total of page 2 was carried forward to page 3 as ₹ 1,000 instead of ₹ 1200 and total of page 6 was carried forward to page 7 as ₹ 5,600 instead of ₹ 5,000.

(b) Wages paid for installation of machinery ₹ 500 was posted to wages account as ₹ 50.
(c) Machinery purchased from R & Co. for ₹ 10,000 on credit was entered in Purchase Book as ₹ 6,000 and posted there from to R & Co. as 1,000.
(d) Credit sales to Mohan ₹ 5,000 were recorded in Purchases Book.
(e) Goods returned to Ram ₹ 1,000 were recorded in Sales Book.
(f) Credit purchases from S & Co. for ₹6,000 were recorded in sales book. However, S & Co. was correctly credited.
(g) Credit purchases from M & Co. ₹ 6,000 were recorded in Sales Book as ₹ 2,000 and posted there from to the credit of M & Co. as ₹ 1,000.
(h) Credit sales to Raman ₹ 4,000 posted to the credit of Raghvan as ₹ 1,000.
(i) Bill receivable for ₹ 1,600 from Noor was dishonoured and posted to debit of Allowances account.
(j) Cash paid to Mani ₹ 5,000 against our acceptance was debited to Manu.
(k) Old furniture sold for ₹ 3,000 was posted to Sales account as ₹ 1,000.
(l) Depreciation provided on furniture ₹ 800 was not posted.
(m) Material ₹ 10,000 and wages ₹ 3,000 were used for construction of building. No adjustment was made in the books.
Rectify the errors and prepare suspense to ascertain the difference in trial balance.

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