Question: Question 1 A trial balance failed to agree because the credit side exceeds the debit side by $ 2 , 3 4 7 . A
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A trial balance failed to agree because the credit side exceeds the debit side by $ A suspense account has been opened into which the difference is entered. Subsequently the following errors were identified:
The credit side of the bank account has been overcast by $
A sales invoice for $ had been posted on the wrong side of the receivables account.
Office equipment was traded in for some new equipment. The tradein value of $ has been correctly entered in the Equipment cost ac but the other side of the entry was omitted.
Rent received of $ has been debited in the cash book but also debited in error to the rental income account.
Car repairs of $ shown in the cash book had been debited to the motor expenses account as $
A cheque payment of computer repairs for $ has been entered as $ on both accounts.
The purchases account contains a balance of $ but this has been entered in the trial balance as $
Required:
Prepare the journal entries needed to correct the above errors and show the entries in the suspense account.
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