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.
- (a)Prepare the journal entries to correct errors 1–5. Narratives are not required.[11]
- (b)Prepare the suspense account. Include the original difference on the trial balance as a balancing figure.[4]
- (c)Calculate Mosi's corrected profit for the year ended 30 April 2022.[5]
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- [1] Error 1 Debit Suspense $192
- [1] Error 1 Credit Discount received $96
- [1] Error 1 Credit Commission received $96
- [1] Error 2 Debit Suspense $927
- [1] Error 2 Credit Sales $927
- [1] Error 3 Debit Motor expenses $77
- [1] Error 3 Credit Bank $77
- [1] Error 4 Debit Petty cash $135
- [1] Error 4 Credit Bank $135
- [1] Error 5 Debit Stacey $160
- [1] Error 5 Credit Tracey $160
- [1] Debit Difference on trial balance $735 (OF)
- [1] Debit Discount received $96 (Error 1)
- [1] Debit Commission received $96 (Error 1)
- [1] Credit Sales $927 (Error 2) (OF)
- [1] Original profit $39970
- [1] Add Discount received $96 (Error 1 effect)
- [1] Add Commission received $96 (Error 1 effect)
- [1] Less Sales ($927) (Error 2 effect)
- [1] Less Motor expenses ($77) (Error 3 effect)
- [1] Corrected profit for the year $39158 (OF)
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