What is a suspense account? Is it necessary that a suspense account will balance off after rectification of the errors detected by the accountant? If not, then what happens to the balance still remaining in suspense account?
What is a suspense account? Is it necessary that a suspense account will balance off after rectification of the errors detected by the accountant? If not, then what happens to the balance still remaining in suspense account?
There may be instances when the total of the debit column is not matching with that of the credit column. At that time the difference of the trial Balance is added to a temporary account to avoid delay in preparation of the financial statements. Such accounts are known as Suspense account. Suspense account is a temporary account in a company which contains unclassified debits and credits. If the debit column falls short of the credit column, then the Suspense Account is debited and vice versa.
Errors as soon as detected and rectified, results in Suspense Account being automatically closed (i.e. becoming zero). However, if still any difference exists, then it is transferred to the Balance Sheet. If the Suspense Account shows a debit balance, then it is recorded in the Assets side and if the Suspense Account shows a credit balance, then it is recorded in the Liabilities side of the Balance Sheet.
There may be instances when the total of the debit column is not matching with that of the credit column. At that time the difference of the trial Balance is added to a temporary account to avoid delay in preparation of the financial statements. Such accounts are known as Suspense account. Suspense account is a temporary account in a company which contains unclassified debits and credits. If the debit column falls short of the credit column, then the Suspense Account is debited and vice versa.
Errors as soon as detected and rectified, results in Suspense Account being automatically closed (i.e. becoming zero). However, if still any difference exists, then it is transferred to the Balance Sheet. If the Suspense Account shows a debit balance, then it is recorded in the Assets side and if the Suspense Account shows a credit balance, then it is recorded in the Liabilities side of the Balance Sheet.
