Question: Question 1 [ 3 7 Marks ] A trial balance of Vuyo Limited for May 2 0 2 4 was extracted. Upon investigation it was

Question 1
[37 Marks]
A trial balance of Vuyo Limited for May 2024 was extracted. Upon investigation it was discovered that the trial balance did not balance.
Upon further investigation, the following errors were discovered:
The difference of R3946.50 was entered on the debit side of a suspense account.
A payment in respect of rent had been posted to the Rent account as R5828.10. The electronic transfer was made out for R5282.10 and entered correctly in the cash payments journal.
Stationery purchased from Uptown Traders for R1430 was incorrectly posted to the purchases account.
An amount of R180 in respect of discount received has erroneously been posted to the debit side of the discount allowed account but correctly recorded in the cash payments journal.
S Nandipha owes Vuyo Limited R3750. His account has been outstanding for 6 months. Charge his account with interest at 15% per annum.
An amount of R1095 in respect of bad debts/credit losses was correctly posted to the Trade receivables control account but was not posted to the bad debts/ credit losses account.
An amount of R3225 received for cash sales was entered in the cash receipts journal but not posted to the sales account.
Inkosana Stores charged the overdue account of Vuyo Limited with 12% interest per annum for 4 months. The amount overdue is R7800
A payment of R6900 in respect of telephone has been entered in the Cash payment journal but has not been posted to the telephone account.
Bank charges amounting to R538.5 were posted as R456 in the general ledger. The entry in the cash payments journal is correct.
REQUIRED:
1.1 Record the necessary journal entries of Vuyo Limited to correct all the errors. Use the transaction number as the date. Journal narrations are not required.
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1.2 Post the relevant entries to the Suspense account in the general ledger and balance the account as at 31 May 2024.
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Question 1 [ 3 7 Marks ] A trial balance of Vuyo

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