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Suspense account

HHales10y ago
Opening inventory of $31,763 had been entered on the credit side of trial balance as $31,673. The trial balance itself had been under cast on the debit side by $90. What net entry will be made in the suspense account to correct these errors? A) $63526 Dr. B) $63526 Cr.
FFehmeed10y ago#1
B) $63,526 Cr. Explanation: As the Debit Side is lesser than the Credit Side by $63,526, so a Suspense A/c is opened on the Debit Side of the Trial Balance. Now, after the identification of those errors, we'll do the necessary rectification, which will definitely involve Suspense A/c. $31,673 is wrongly entered on the Credit side, so to remove it, we'll make a debit entry of the same amount. Suspense A/c will be used for the double entry. Dr Trial Balance $31,673 Cr Suspense Account $31,673 Opening Inventory of $31,763 should have been put on the Debit Side, which isn't. So, we'll put it on the Debit Side of Trial Balance, and for the double entry we'll use Suspense A/c. Dr Trial Balance $31,763 Cr Suspense A/c $31,763 Debit Side of Trial Balance is undercast by $90, so we'll make a Debit entry of $90 to balance it. Again, Suspense A/c will be used for the double entry. Dr Trial Balance $90 Cr Suspense A/c $90 These entries will balance the Suspense A/c, meaning it will have a 'nil' balance, and hence it'll be removed from the Trial Balance.
HHales10y ago#2
Ok thank you. But what if the question was that 'What was the original balance on the suspense account'? Then what would be the answer?
FFehmeed10y ago#3
It would be A) $63526 Dr. As after the extraction of Trial Balance, we found that the Debit Side is lesser than the Credit Side by the above amount. So, we made a Suspense A/c on the Debit Side to balance the Trial Balance. Hence the opening balance on the Suspense A/c would be $63526 Dr.
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