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Usage of Suspense Account

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A bookkeeper discovers that an amount paid to a supplier has been wrongly entered in another supplier’s account. Which book of original entry will the bookkeeper use when correcting this error?

A

Purchase Journal

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Cash Book

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Purchase Return Journal

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D

Sales return Journal

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Solution

The correct option is B
Cash Book

Cash Book will be used by the bookkeeper use when correcting this error.

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