When the Trial Balance extracted from the books of Kevin Enterprises at the year-end failed to balance,
Question:
When the Trial Balance extracted from the books of Kevin Enterprises at the year-end failed to balance, the difference was placed in a Suspense account. Identify the amount that would have been placed in suspense as a result of each of the following errors:
(a) A folio in the Purchases Journal has been undercast by £1,800
(b) £4,200 paid for conveyancing has been written off instead of capitalising
(c) £2,400 prepaid insurance has been brought forward from the previous year as a credit balance
(d) £218,400 paid to a supplier was posted to the supplier as £214,800
(e) A sale of £13,600 was recorded in the Sales Journal as £3,600 and posted to the customer’s account as £6,300
(f) The recovery of staff loan at £300 per month for nine months in the year has not been accounted for
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Financial Accounting An Introduction
ISBN: 9780273737650
2nd Edition
Authors: Mr Barry Elliott, Mr Augustine Benedict