Question: a ) During your first class in Introduction to Financial Accounting ( IFA ) , your Lecturer, Mr Lawrence Manyudza indicated to you that there

a) During your first class in Introduction to Financial Accounting (IFA), your Lecturer, Mr Lawrence Manyudza indicated to you that there are various prime books of accounts. A classmate of yours who missed the class has requested you to explain the uses of any four (4) main books of prime entry. (8 marks)
b) The following are extracts from the cash book and the bank statement of Botho Hospitality Unlimited.
Cash book (bank columns only)
BWP BWP
1 Jan Balance 60018 Jan D Anderson 145
13 Jan Umberto 22428 Jan R Patrick 72
13 Jan L Bond 18630 Jan Parveen 109
Bank statement
Debit (BWP) Credit (BWP) Balance (BWP)
1 Jan Balance 635
3 Jan H Turner 35600
13 Jan Umberto 224824
23 Jan D Anderson 145679
31 Jan Standing order 30649
You are required to:
i) Write the cash book up to date, and state the new balance as on 31 January (6 marks)
ii) Draw up a bank reconciliation statement as on 31 January. (6 marks)
C) On 31 December 2022 a trial balance was extracted from the ledgers of Katlego Hospitalities and the total of the debit side was found to be P770 less than the total of the credit side. A suspense account was opened to record the difference. Later, the following errors were discovered:
1) A cheque for P1,500 paid to Bond had been correctly entered in the cash book but not in Bonds account or the control account.
2) The purchases account had been undercast by P200.
3) A cheque received for P930 from Tshepiso had been correctly entered in the cash book but had not been entered in Tshepisos account.
Required
i) Record the journal entries required to clear the difference on the suspense account, including explanatory narrative. (6 marks)
ii) Prepare the suspense account to confirm that the suspense account difference has been rectified.
(4 marks)
[Total: 30 marks]

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