A company that records credit purchases in a purchases journal and records purchases returns in a general

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A company that records credit purchases in a purchases journal and records purchases returns in a general journal made the following errors. Indicate when each error should be discovered.
1. Posted a purchases return to the Accounts Payable account and to the creditor’s subsidiary account but did not post the purchases return to the Inventory account.
2. Posted a purchases return to the Inventory account and to the Accounts Payable account but did not post to the creditor’s subsidiary account.
3. Correctly recorded a $4,000 purchase in the purchases journal but posted it to the creditor’s subsidiary account as a $400 purchase.
4. Made an addition error in determining the balance of a creditor’s subsidiary account.
5. Made an addition error in totaling the Office Supplies column of the purchases journal.

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: 978-0078110870

20th Edition

Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta

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