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O-LevelAccountingThe fundamentals of accounting7707/21 · May/June 2015 · Q120 Marks

Mira prepared a trial balance using the following information on 31 March 2015. The trial balance failed to balance. Office fixtures (at cost) Office fixtures provision for depreciation Trade payables General expenses (prepaid) Trade receivables Inventory Bank overdraft Capital $ 18000 7200 5400 1520 3700 7800 2600 16000 REQUIRED

  1. (a)Prepare the trial balance at 31 March 2015, including an appropriate balancing entry. Mira Trial Balance at 31 March 2015 Dr $ Cr $ Office fixtures (at cost) Office fixtures provision for depreciation Trade payables General expenses Trade receivables Inventory Bank overdraft Capital[4]
  2. (b)On inspecting the books, Mira found the following errors: 1 A payment for general expenses, $750, had been correctly entered in the bank account, but had been recorded in the general expenses account as $570. 2 General expenses, $1000, had been recorded in the office fixtures account. REQUIRED Prepare the entries in the general journal to correct items 1 and 2. Narratives are not required. General Journal Dr $ Cr $[4]
  3. (c)The following were some of the transactions completed in April 2015. April 9 Sold goods on credit to Yash. April 11 Yash returned goods sold on 9 April as they were damaged. April 14 Paid wages by cheque. April 19 Purchased office fixtures on credit from Equip Limited. REQUIRED Complete the following table. The first item has been completed as an example. Date Transaction Source document Book of prime entry Account debited Account credited April 9 Sold goods on credit to Yash. Sales invoice Sales journal Yash Sales April 11 Yash returned goods sold on 9 April as damaged. April 14 Paid wages by cheque. April 19 Purchased office fixtures on credit from Equip Limited.[12]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2015). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) Office fixtures (at cost) Dr 18000
  2. [1] Office fixtures provision for depreciation Cr 7200
  3. [1] Trade payables Cr 5400
  4. [1] General expenses Dr 1520
  5. [1] Trade receivables Dr 3700
  6. [1] Inventory Dr 7800
  7. [1] Bank overdraft Cr 2600
  8. [1] Capital Cr 16000
  9. [1] Suspense Dr 180
  10. [1] Both totals 31200
  11. [1] (b) General expenses Dr 180
  12. [1] Suspense Cr 180
  13. [1] General expenses Dr 1000
  14. [1] Office fixtures Cr 1000
  15. [1] (c) April 11: Credit note
  16. [1] Sales returns journal
  17. [1] Sales returns
  18. [1] Yash
  19. [1] April 14: Wages sheet/payroll
  20. [1] Cash Book
  21. [1] Wages
  22. [1] Bank
  23. [1] April 19: Purchase invoice
  24. [1] General Journal
  25. [1] Office fixtures
  26. [1] Equip Ltd

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Topic
The fundamentals of accounting, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Structured question, 20 marks.
Source
O-Level Accounting, May/June 2015 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 1.

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