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- April 30, 2021 at 4:44 pm #619327
At 1 April 20X9, the payables ledger control account showed a balance of $142,320.
At the end of April the following totals are extracted from the subsidiary books for April:
Purchases day book = 183,800
Returns outwards day book = 27,490
Returns inwards day book = 13,240
Payments to payables, after deducting $1,430 cash discount = 196,360It is also discovered that:
(a) The purchase day book figure is net of sales tax at 17.5%; the other figures all include sales tax.
(b) A customer’s balance of $2,420 has been offset against his balance of $3,650 in the payables ledger.
(c) A supplier’s account in the payables ledger, with a debit balance of $800, has been included on the list of payables as a credit balance.What is the corrected balance on the payables ledger control account?
A $130,585
B $144,835
C $98,429
D $128,985I thought I would account for information (c) by Debiting the payables ledger control account by $1,600 but that proved to be incorrect. I’m not sure what to do about (c) then. Thanks in advance
April 30, 2021 at 8:12 pm #619333I’m rereading the question and I think I’m not meant to account for (c) as it is affects a personal payable account not a control account. Is that correct?
May 1, 2021 at 8:07 am #619350You are correct in that (c) is irrelevant because the mistake only affects the payables ledger and does not affect the control account 🙂
May 1, 2021 at 12:34 pm #619364Thank you!
May 1, 2021 at 6:22 pm #619379You are welcome 🙂
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