Question

The trial balance of Raju showed an excess debit of Rs. 10000. He put the difference to the suspense account and discovered the following errors.

(a) Depreciation written off the furniture Rs. 6,000 was not posted to furniture account.

(b) Credit sales to Rupam Rs. 10,000 were recorded as Rs. 7,000.

(c) Purchase book undercast by Rs. 2,000

(d) Cash sales to Rana Rs. 5,000 were not posted.

(e) Old machinery sold for Rs. 7,000 was credited to sales account.

(f) Discount received Rs. 800 from Kanan on playing cash to him was not posted.

Rectify the errors and prepare a suspense account.

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& & \text{LF}& \text{Amt. (Dr)}& \text{Amt. (Cr)}\\ \text{(a)}& \text{Suspense A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 6,000& \\ & \text{To Furniture A/c}& & & & 6,000\\ & \text{(Depreciation on furniture was not posted to}& & & & \\ & \text{furniture account, now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(b)}& \text{Rupam's A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 3,000& \\ & \text{To Sales A/c}& & & & 3,000\\ & \text{(Sales of Rs. 10,000 to Rupam, recorded as}& & & & \\ & \text{Rs. 7,000, now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(c)}& \text{Purchase A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 2,000& \\ & \text{To Suspense A/c}& & & & 2,000\\ & \text{(Purchase book undercast by Rs. 2,000, now}& & & & \\ & \text{rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(d)}& \text{Suspense A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 5,000& \\ & \text{text}ToSalesA/c& & & & 5,000\\ & \text{(Cash sales to Rana was not recorded, now}& & & & \\ & \text{rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(e)}& \text{Sales A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 7,000& \\ & \text{To Machinery A/c}& & & & 7,000\\ & \text{Sale of old machinery, wrongly credited to}& & & & \\ & \text{sales account, now rectified}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{f}& \text{Kanan}& \text{Dr}& & 800& \\ & \text{To Discount Received A/c}& & & & 800\\ & \text{(Discount received from Kanan not recorded,}& & & & \\ & \text{now rectified)}& & & & \end{array}$
$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Dr}& & & & \text{Suspense Account}& & & \text{Cr}\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt. Rs}& \text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt. Rs}\\ \text{(a)}& \text{Furniture A/c}& & 6,000& & \text{Balance b/d}& & 10,000\\ \text{(b)}& \text{Sales A/c}& & 5,000& \text{(c)}& \text{Purchase A/c}& & 2,000\\ & \text{Balance c/d}& & \underset{–}{1,000}& & & & \underset{–}{}\\ & & & \underset{–}{12,000}& & & & \underset{–}{12,000}\end{array}$