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- May 26, 2022 at 10:38 am #656488
How can the solution for this question be : J Jones extracted the following trial balance from his books on 31 January 19-2
Capital….,……………………………….,……………………….. .. 7450
Drawings……………………………….3000
Stock,………………….,……………….2500
Trade debtors……,,…………………2950
Trade creditors………,…,…………..,……………,……………,..2684
Shop fittings….,……………………..1530
Purchases,………….,,………………..5140
Sales……………………………………,………………………………7460.
General expenses………….,………860Discount received …………………………….,,……………………40
Cash at bank …..,,……………………1660
Returns outward………………………………………………………40
THE TOTALS: DEBIT=£17640. CREDIT=£17674The following errors and omissions were subsequently discovered:
a) A purchase of shop fittings £320 had been debited to purchases account.
b). Sales invoice of £150 entered in the sales day book had not been posted to the customers personal account.
c). A credit note for £30 issued by J Jones to a customer had been completely omitted from the books of accounts.
d). A credit Balance of £16 in the purchases ledger had been omitted from the trial balance.
e). The sales day book was under cast by £100 in December 19-1Draw up a corrected trial balance. Show all workings.
THANKS.
May 26, 2022 at 2:32 pm #656496Nothing in this question is examinable in Paper FM. It is Paper FA and our free lectures for Paper FA cover everything needed to be able to answer this question.
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