Question: Question 2. The following errors have been found from the books of Ahad Akmal, a retail business: Sale of goods to Jamal on credit for

Question 2.

The following errors have been found from the books of Ahad Akmal, a retail business:

  1. Sale of goods to Jamal on credit for 1 900 had been debited to Kamal

  1. Repairs to motor car 1 400 debited to Motor Car account.

  1. Goods returned to Manu, a credit supplier 1 150 debited to returns outwards account and credited to Manus account

  1. Returned goods by a credit customer, Jasmin for 190 had been omitted from the books

  1. Purchases day book had been under cast by 1 300

  1. Salaries account had been overcast by 2 350.

  1. Purchase of goods by cash 3 200 recorded in the cash account only.

  1. A cheque received from Mathew; a credit customer 500 had been entered in the cash book only.

Required:

  1. State and explain for errors 1 to 4 from the given list above, which do not affect the balancing of the trial balance [5]

  1. Pass rectification entries for the above errors (1) to (8) found from the books of the business.

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