A trial balance fails to agree and the bookkeeper finds the following errors.
1 A bank overdraft of $100 was shown as a debit in the trial balance.
2 A telephone bill for $400 was debited to the insurance account.
3 A cash purchase of $160 was entered in the purchases account as $150; the purchase was entered correctly in the cash account.
The bookkeeper opens a suspense account in order to correct the errors.
What is the opening entry in the suspense account?

Q: What topic does this question test?

This question tests Errors and Suspense Accounts in A-Level Accounting (syllabus code 9706). It is worth 1 mark.

Q: Which exam paper is this question from?

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting Oct/Nov 2009 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2 (9706_w09_qp_12.pdf).

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A trial balance fails to agree and the bookkeeper finds the following errors.
1 A bank overdraft of $100 was shown as a debit in the trial balance.
2 A telephone bill for $400 was debited to the insurance account.
3 A cash purchase of $160 was entered in the purchases account as $150; the purchase was entered correctly in the cash account.
The bookkeeper opens a suspense account in order to correct the errors.
What is the opening entry in the suspense account?

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