A company that records credit purchases in a Purchases Journal and records purchase returns in its General

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A company that records credit purchases in a Purchases Journal and records purchase returns in its General Journal made the following errors. List each error by letter and, opposite each letter, tell when the error should be discovered:
a. Made an addition error in determining the balance of a creditor's account.
b. Made an addition error in totaling the Office Supplies column of the Purchases Journal.
c. Posted a purchase return to the Accounts Payable account and to the creditor's account but did not post to the Merchandise Inventory account.
d. Posted a purchase return to the Merchandise Inventory account and to the Accounts Payable account but did not post to the creditor's account.
e. Correctly recorded a $4,000 purchase in the Purchases Journal but posted it to the creditor's account as a $400 purchase.
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
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Fundamental Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-0071051507

Volume I, 14th Canadian Edition

Authors: Larson Kermit, Tilly Jensen

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