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Qqueeenshana14y ago
23. Samuel’s trial balance did not balance so he opened a suspense account with a debit balance of $346. Control accounts are maintained for receivables and payables. Samuel discovered the following:

1. The sales day book was undercast by $400
2. Purchases of $520 from the purchases day book have only been recorded in the payables ledger control account
3. Profit on sale of non-current assets of $670 had been recorded in the sundry income account as $760

What is the remaining balance on Samuel’s suspense account after these errors have been corrected?


a.) $264 credit
b.) $136 debit
c.) $956 debit
d.) $1,266 debit
NNajiya14y ago#1
Dr. side of suspense account
opening balance 346

closing balance 264
Total 610

Cr. side of suspense account
purchases 520
sundry income a/c 90
Total 610

Answer is (a)$264 credit


1. sales day book undercast - entries to the sales and receivables ledger control accounts will be equal, but for the wrong amount. this will not result in an imbalance on the trial balance. Thus, not to be considered while preparing suspense account.

2. purchases were only recorded in the payables ledger control account (credit side). Now, the debit side of the entry, purchases need to be recorded. entry is :
Dr. purchases $520
Cr. suspense a/c $520

3.sundry income a/c should have been credited with $670. But, it is wrongly credited as $760. Excess amount of 90 (ie, 760 - 670) need to be deducted, i.e, to say, debit the account. entry is:
Dr. sundry income a/c $90
Cr. Suspense a/c $90
Qqueeenshana14y ago#2
Thnks for the help guys :)
Ccharles20110546113y ago#3
thnx guys for help....
Iinuwa13y ago#4
hi Sangria! i am new here, could you please help me out with control account solution because i do not think i get what we did in the class. Thanks
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