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O-LevelAccountingVerification of accounting records7707/22 · May/June 2022 · Q320 Marks

Mosi is a trader. The totals of his trial balance at 30 April 2022 did not agree and the difference was placed in a suspense account. Mosi later discovered the following errors. 1 Commission received, $96, had been debited to the discount received account. The entry to the bank account was correctly made. 2 The total of the sales journal for April 2022, $1258, was transferred to the sales account as $2185. 3 A cheque payment for motor expenses, $77, had been omitted from the book-keeping records. 4 A payment by electronic transfer, $135, was recorded as a payment in the petty cash book. 5 An invoice received from Tracey, $160, was credited to the account for Stacey. Mosi's original draft profit, before correcting the errors, was $39 970.

  1. (a)Prepare the journal entries to correct errors 1–5. Narratives are not required.[11]
  2. (b)Prepare the suspense account. Include the original difference on the trial balance as a balancing figure.[4]
  3. (c)Calculate Mosi's corrected profit for the year ended 30 April 2022.[5]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2022). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] Error 1 Debit Suspense $192
  2. [1] Error 1 Credit Discount received $96
  3. [1] Error 1 Credit Commission received $96
  4. [1] Error 2 Debit Suspense $927
  5. [1] Error 2 Credit Sales $927
  6. [1] Error 3 Debit Motor expenses $77
  7. [1] Error 3 Credit Bank $77
  8. [1] Error 4 Debit Petty cash $135
  9. [1] Error 4 Credit Bank $135
  10. [1] Error 5 Debit Stacey $160
  11. [1] Error 5 Credit Tracey $160
  12. [1] Debit Difference on trial balance $735 (OF)
  13. [1] Debit Discount received $96 (Error 1)
  14. [1] Debit Commission received $96 (Error 1)
  15. [1] Credit Sales $927 (Error 2) (OF)
  16. [1] Original profit $39970
  17. [1] Add Discount received $96 (Error 1 effect)
  18. [1] Add Commission received $96 (Error 1 effect)
  19. [1] Less Sales ($927) (Error 2 effect)
  20. [1] Less Motor expenses ($77) (Error 3 effect)
  21. [1] Corrected profit for the year $39158 (OF)

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Topic
Verification of accounting records, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Structured question, 20 marks.
Source
O-Level Accounting, May/June 2022 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 3.

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