Question: answer part (b) QUESTION TWO (a) The following extract is from the cashbook of Inonge, a sole trader for the month of March, 2020 and

answer part (b)
answer part (b) QUESTION TWO (a) The following extract is from the
cashbook of Inonge, a sole trader for the month of March, 2020

QUESTION TWO (a) The following extract is from the cashbook of Inonge, a sole trader for the month of March, 2020 and shows the company's bank transactions: Cashbook (bank column only) Inonge's bank statement for March was received on 2 April and shows the following: Bank statement for month of March 2020 You have been informed that although cheque numbers 212 and 148 appear on the bank statement now, they were passed through the cash book in the month of February 2020. Required: (i) A reconciliation of the opening balances so as to bring them into line as at 1 March 2020. (2marks) (ii) An adjusted cashbook for Inonge as at 31 March 2020 . (3marks) (iii) A reconciliation statement of the balance per bank statement to the balance per adjusted cash book as at 31 March 2020 . (3marks) (b) In addition to the errors and omissions that affected Inonge's bank account and statement, a closer look at the company's other ledger accounts reviewed the following errors had been committed: 1. A cash discount of K625 allowed by Mukuni, Inonge's supplier had not been entered in the payables control account. 2. The proprietor, Inonge made drawings of cash of K3,500 for private use during March but this had been debited to wages and salaries account. 3. The total of the purchases day book of K813, 575 had been posted to the purchases account as K813,755. 4. The purchase of a motor van had been entered in a motor van account as K86, 345 instead of K86, 534. 5. A loan from the bank of K74,200 had been entered on the credit side of the capital account. Required: (i) Prepare journal entries required to correct all of the above errors. (Narrations are not required) (10 marks) (ii) Post the correcting entries to the suspense account to determine the difference that arose in trial balance as a result of errors (i) to (v) above. (2 marks) [Total: 20Marks]

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Accounting Questions!