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प्रश्न
The bookkeeper of a firm found that the trial balance was out by ₹ 922 (excess credit).
He placed the amount in the suspense account and subsequently found the following errors:
- The total discount column on the credit side of the cash book ₹ 78 was not posted in the ledger.
- The total of purchases book was short by ₹ 1,000.
- A credit sale of goods to Natarajan for ₹ 375 was entered in the sales book as ₹ 735.
- A credit sale of goods to Mekala for ₹ 700 was entered in the purchases book. You are required to give rectification entries and prepare a suspense account.
उत्तर
| S.No. | Particulars | L.F. | Dr. (₹) | Cr. (₹) |
| (a) | Suspense A/c Dr. To Discount received A/c (Omitted entry recorded now) |
78 |
78 |
|
| (b) |
Purchases A/c Dr. |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
| (c) | Sales A/c Dr. To Natarajan A/c (Excess sales rectified) |
365 |
365 |
|
| (d) | Mekala A/c Dr. To purchases A/c To Sales A/c (Wrong entry corrected now) |
1,400 |
700 700 |
Suspense Account
| Dr. | Cr. | ||||||
| Date | Particulars | L.F. | ₹ | Date | Particulars | L.F. | ₹ |
| To Balance b/d | 922 | By Purchases A/c | 1,000 | ||||
| To Discount received A/c | 78 | ||||||
| 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is meant by the rectification of errors?
Rectify the following error assuming that the trial balance is yet to be prepared:
Purchases returns book was overcast by ₹ 700
Rectify the following journal entry.
| Particulars | L.F. | Dr. (₹) | Cr. (₹) |
| Senguttuvan A/c Dr. To Cash A/c (Rent paid to Senguttuvan) |
6,000 |
6,000 |
What is a suspense account? Is it necessary that is 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?
Rectify the following errors:
(a) Sales book undercast by ₹ 300.
(b) Purchases book undercast by ₹ 400.
(c) Return inwards book undercast by ₹ 200.
(d) Return outwards book undercast by ₹ 100.
Rectify the following errors and ascertain the amount of difference in trial balance by preparing suspense account:
(a) Credit sales to Mohan ₹ 7,000 were not posted
(b) Credit purchases from Rohan ₹ 9,000 were not posted.
(c) Goods returned to Rakesh ₹ 4,000 were not posted.
(d) Goods returned from Mahesh ₹ 1,000 were not posted.
(e) Cash paid to Ganesh ₹ 3,000 was not posted.
(f) Cash sales ₹ 2,000 were not posted.
Trial balance of Khatau did not agree. He put the difference to suspense account and discovered the following errors:
(a) Credit sales to ₹ 16,000 were recorded in the purchases book as ₹ 10,000 and posted to the debit of ₹ 1,000.
(b) Furniture purchased from Noor ₹ 6,000 was recorded through purchases book as ₹ 5,000 and posted to the debit of Noor ₹ 2,000.
(c) Goods returned to ₹ 3,000 recorded through the Sales book as ₹ 1,000.
(d) Old machinery sold for ₹ 2,000 to Maneesh recorded through sales book as ₹ 1,800 and posted to the credit of Manish as ₹ 1,200.
(e) Total of Returns inwards book ₹ 2, 800 posted to Purchase account.
Rectify the following errors:
- Credit sales to Mohan ₹ 7,000 were recorded as ₹ 700.
- Credit purchases from Rohan ₹ 9,000 were recorded as ₹ 900.
- Goods returned to Rakesh ₹ 4,000 were recorded as ₹ 400.
- Goods returned from Mahesh ₹ 1,000 were recorded as ₹ 100.
Rectify the following errors:
- Credit sales to Mohan ₹7,000 were recorded as ₹700.
- Credit purchases from Rohan ₹9,000 were recorded as ₹900.
- Goods returned to Rakesh ₹4,000 were recorded as ₹400.
- Goods returned from Mahesh ₹1,000 were recorded as ₹100.
Rectify the following errors:
- Sales book overcast by ₹ 700.
- Purchases book overcast by ₹ 500.
- Sales return book overcast by ₹ 300.
- Purchase returns book overcast by ₹ 200.
