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a) The following summarized trial balance appeared in the books of MakossaEnterprises.Purchases and SalesDR _120,000CR200,000Debtors and creditors 80,000 50,000Cash 40,000Other assets and other Liabilities 240,000 200,000Suspense Account 30,000Total 480,000 480,000Subsequent investigations revealed the following errors:i) A sales invoice of Sh.20,000 had not been recognized in the books of accountsii) A cash receipt from a debtor of Sh.15,000 had not been adjusted in the debtors accountiii) A cash payment to a creditor of Sh.9,500 had been debited to the creditor’s account asSh.4,900iv) A purchase of a computer of Sh.50,000 for use in office work had been debited tothe purchases accountP.O. Box 90830100 Eldoret – KenyaTelephone: 0728458276Fax: 254-20-891084Email:[email protected]/ACD/EXM/SEPT - DEC 2022/GABA/BCOM Page 2ISO 9001:2015 Certified by the Kenya Bureau of Standards.v) The accountant had failed to bring forward a balance of Sh.19,600 in the wagespayable account in the post-closing trial balance of the previous financial yearRequired:i) Journal entries to correct the identified accounting errors (5 Marks)ii) The suspense account (5 Marks)iii) The corrected trial balance

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a) The following summarized trial balance appeared in the books of MakossaEnterprises.Purchases and SalesDR _120,000CR200,000Debtors and creditors 80,000 50,000Cash 40,000Other assets and other Liabilities 240,000 200,000Suspense Account 30,000Total 480,000 480,000Subsequent investigations revealed the following errors:i) A sales invoice of Sh.20,000 had not been recognized in the books of accountsii) A cash receipt from a debtor of Sh.15,000 had not been adjusted in the debtors accountiii) A cash payment to a creditor of Sh.9,500 had been debited to the creditor’s account asSh.4,900iv) A purchase of a computer of Sh.50,000 for use in office work had been debited tothe purchases accountP.O. Box 90830100 Eldoret – KenyaTelephone: 0728458276Fax: 254-20-891084Email:[email protected]/ACD/EXM/SEPT - DEC 2022/GABA/BCOM Page 2ISO 9001:2015 Certified by the Kenya Bureau of Standards.v) The accountant had failed to bring forward a balance of Sh.19,600 in the wagespayable account in the post-closing trial balance of the previous financial yearRequired:i) Journal entries to correct the identified accounting errors (5 Marks)ii) The suspense account (5 Marks)iii) The corrected trial balance

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Solution

To correct the identified accounting errors, we need to make the following journal entries:

i) Journal entries to correct the identified accounting errors:

  1. Sales A/C..........Dr 20,000 To Debtors A/C..........20,000 (Sales invoice of Sh.20,000 not recognized in the books)

  2. Cash A/C..........Dr 15,000 To Debtors A/C..........15,000 (Cash receipt from a debtor of Sh.15,000 not adjusted in the debtors account)

  3. Creditors A/C..........Dr 4,600 To Cash A/C..........4,600 (Cash payment to a creditor of Sh.9,500 debited to the creditor’s account as Sh.4,900)

  4. Office Equipment A/C..........Dr 50,000 To Purchases A/C..........50,000 (Purchase of a computer of Sh.50,000 for office use debited to the purchases account)

  5. Wages Payable A/C..........Dr 19,600 To Suspense A/C..........19,600 (Failure to bring forward a balance of Sh.19,600 in the wages payable account)

ii) The suspense account:

The suspense account is used to correct errors in accounting. In this case, the suspense account will be debited with Sh.19,600 to correct the error of not bringing forward the balance in the wages payable account.

iii) The corrected trial balance:

After making the above corrections, the corrected trial balance will be as follows:

DR: Purchases (120,000 - 50,000) = 70,000 Debtors (80,000 - 20,000 - 15,000) = 45,000 Cash (40,000 + 15,000 - 4,600) = 50,400 Other Assets (240,000 + 50,000) = 290,000 Suspense Account (30,000 - 19,600) = 10,400 Total = 465,800

CR: Sales (200,000 + 20,000) = 220,000 Creditors (50,000 + 4,600) = 54,600 Other Liabilities (200,000 + 19,600) = 219,600 Total = 494,200

The difference between the total debits and credits is the balance in the suspense account, which should now be zero.

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