Question

Trial balance of Khatau did not agree. He put the difference to a suspense account and discovered the following errors.

(a) Credit sales to Manas Rs. 16,000 were recorded in the purchase book as Rs. 10,000 and posted to the debit of Manas as Rs. 1,000.

(b) Furniture purchased from Noor Rs. 6,000 was recorded through purchase book as Rs. 5,000 and posted to the debit of Noor Rs. 2,000.

(c) Goods returned to Rai Rs. 3,000 recorded in the sales book as Rs. 1,000.

(d) Old machinery sold for Rs. 2,000 to Maneesh recorded through sales book as Rs. 1,800 and posted to the credit of Manish as Rs. 1,200.

(e) Total of return inwards book Rs. 2,800 posted to purchase account.

Rectify the above errors and prepare a suspense account to ascertain the difference in trial balance.

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}& & 11,000& \\ & \text{Manas}& \text{Dr}& & 15,000& \\ & \text{To Purchase A/c}& & & & 10,000\\ & \text{To Sales A/c}& & & & 16,000\\ & \text{(Goods sold to Manas Rs. 16,000, wrongly}& & & & \\ & \text{recorded in purchase book, as Rs. 10,000 and}& & & & \\ & \text{debited to his account as Rs. 1,000 now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(b)}& \text{Furniture A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 6,000& \\ & \text{Suspense A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 7,000& \\ & \text{To Noor}& & & & 8,000\\ & \text{To Purchase A/c}& & & & 5,000\\ & \text{(Furniture purchased Rs. 6,000, wrongly}& & & & \\ & \text{recorded in purchase account as Rs. 5,000 and}& & & & \\ & \text{debited Noor's Account as Rs. 2000, now}& & & & \\ & \text{rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(c)}& \text{Sales A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 1,000& \\ & \text{Rai's A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 2,000& \\ & \text{To Return Outwards A/c}& & & & 3,000\\ & \text{(Goods returned to Rai Rs. 3,000, wrongly}& & & & \\ & \text{recorded in sales book as Rs. 1,000, now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \text{rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(d)}& \text{Manish's A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 1,200& \\ & \text{Sales A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 1,800& \\ & \text{Maneesh's A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 2,000& \\ & \text{To Machinery A/c}& & & & 2,000\\ & \text{To Suspense A/c}& & & & 3,000\\ & \text{(Old machinery sold to Maneesh Rs. 2,000}& & & & \\ & \text{wrongly recorded in sales account as Rs. 1,200}& & & & \\ & \text{and credited to Manish's Account as Rs. 1,200}& & & & \\ & \text{now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(e)}& \text{Return Inwards A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 2,800& \\ & \text{To Purchase A/c}& & & & 2,800\\ & \text{(Total of return inward book, wrongly}& & & & \\ & \text{posted to purchase book, 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{Sales A/c}& & 11,000& \text{(d)}& \text{Sundries}& & 3,000\\ & & & & & \text{(Manish, Sales}& & \\ & & & & & \text{Maneesh)}& & \\ \text{(b)}& \text{Noor's A/c}& & \underset{–}{7,000}& & \text{Balance c/d}& & \underset{–}{15,000}\\ & & & \underset{–}{18,000}& & & & \underset{–}{18,000}\end{array}$