Do purchase books have debit and credit columns?
A purchase book is a special purpose subsidiary book that does not have debit and credit columns.
Trial balance of Sagar did not agree. It showed an excess credit Rs 7,550. Sagar put the difference to suspense account. He located the following errors- 1) Sales return book was overcast by Rs 1,200. 2) Purchases book was undercast by Rs 750. 3) Goods returned to Mahesh Rs 1000 were recorded through sales book. 4) Credit purchase from Mahadev Rs 6,000 were recorded through sales book. 5) Credit purchase from Damodhar Rs 4,000 were recorded through sales book. However, Damodhar’s account was correctly credited. 6) Salary paid Rs 3,500 was debited to employee’s personal account.