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- October 8, 2021 at 2:44 pm #637260
a company trial balance failed to agree totals being:
debit 815602
credit 808420which one of the follwing errors could fully account for the difference ?
A. the omission from the trial balance of the balance on the insurance expense account $7182 debit
B. settlement discount received from supplier of $3591 were credited in error to the purchases account
C. no entries made in the records for cash sales totalling $7182
D. return outwards total of $ 3591 was included in trial balance as a debit balancei have watched your free lectures but need some help please.can you explain each point and the double entries. thank you.
October 8, 2021 at 10:02 pm #637273Sorry sir I answered, I knew the answer, so I replied
Firstly deduct the difference of trial balance, which gives us value of 7182 less in credit or more in debit. now there can be 2 possibilities either an error has increased the debit balance or decreased the credit balance.
A. the omission of insurance exp in debit by 7182, if corrected would increase the debit side even further, doubling the difference.
B. the settlement discount received and purchase account are interchanged the values entered and credited are right just the account is wrong, so any movement from one to other won’t have any effect on trial balance.
C. cash sales of 7182 is an error of omission it would debit the cash and credit the sales but won’t effect the difference.
D. NOW D IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. return outward is the opposite of purchase, meaning when you buy goods you debit them and when they are returned to supplier they are credited. while the amount of 3591 was debited instead of being credited, so firstly to correct, remove the debit the amount by crediting with 3591 then to add the real returns the account will be credited with 3591 again. making trial balance balancing at 812011 debit credit both.
while these entries will be setoff by the debit in suspense account.
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