Question

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

(a) Sales return book overcast by Rs. 800.

(b) Purchase return to Sahu Rs. 2,000 were not posted.

(c) Goods purchased on credit from Narula Rs. 4,000 though taken into stock, but no entry was passed in the books.

(d) Installation charges on new machinery purchased Rs. 500 were debited to sundry expenses account as Rs. 50.

(e) Rent paid for residential accommodation of Madan (the proprietor) Rs. 1400 was debited to rent account as Rs. 1,000.

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

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& & \text{LF}& \text{Amt. (Dr)}& \text{Amt. (Cr)}\\ \text{(a)}& \text{Suspense A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 800& \\ & \text{To Sales Return A/c}& & & & 800\\ & \text{(Sales return book overcast by Rs. 800, now}& & & & \\ & \text{rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(b)}& \text{Sahu's A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 2,000& \\ & \text{To Suspense A/c}& & & & 2,000\\ & \text{(Purchase return to Sahu was not}& & & & \\ & \text{recorded in his personal account, now rectified}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(c)}& \text{Purchase A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 4,000& \\ & \text{To Narula's A/c}& & & & 4,000\\ & \text{(Goods purchased from Narula not}& & & & \\ & \text{recorded, now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(d)}& \text{Machinery A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 500& \\ & \text{To Sundry Expenses A/c}& & & & 50\\ & \text{To Suspense A/c}& & & & 450\\ & \text{(Installation charges on machinery Rs. 500}& & & & \\ & \text{wrongly debited to machinery account Rs. 50,}& & & & \\ & \text{now rectified)}& & & & \\ & \underset{–}{}& & & & \\ \text{(e)}& \text{Drawings A/c}& \text{Dr}& & 1,400& \\ & \text{To Rent A/c}& & & & 1,000\\ & \text{To Suspense A/c}& & & & 400\\ & \text{(Rent paid for proprietor's residence}& & & & \\ & \text{Rs. 1,400, recorded as rent expenses for Rs. 1,000}& & & & \\ & \text{now rectified)}& & & & \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Dr}& & & & \text{Suspense Account}& & & \text{Cr}\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt. Rs}& \text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt. Rs}\\ \text{(a)}& \text{Sales Return A/c}& & 800& \text{(b)}& \text{Sahu's A/c}& & 2,000\\ & \text{Balance c/d}& & 2,050& \text{(d)}& \text{Machinery A/c}& & 450\\ & & & \underset{–}{}& \text{(e)}& \text{Drawings A/c}& & \underset{–}{400}\\ & & & \underset{–}{2,850}& & & & \underset{–}{2,850}\end{array}$