Jayani prepared a trial balance at 30 September 2010, which balanced. A draft income statement (trading and profit and loss account) was then prepared and a gross profit of $60 000 and a profit for the year (net profit) of $15 000 was calculated. Jayani then discovered the following errors: 1 A sale of office equipment at net book vaule, $3 000, had been recorded in the sales account. 2 Purchases of goods, $650, on credit from Alana had been credited to the purchases account and debited to Alana's account. 3 An invoice from JGL Insurance, $425, for buildings insurance, had not been recorded in the books.
- (a)Prepare journal entries to correct the errors in 1 to 3 above. Narratives are not required. Journal Dr Cr[6]
- (b)Name the type of error made in 1 to 3 above. 1 2 3[3]
- (c)Calculate the revised gross profit and profit for the year (net profit) for Jayani, following the correction of the errors 1 to 3 above. Where the error would have no effect on the gross profit or profit for the year (net profit), state 'no effect'. Gross profit $ Profit for the year (Net profit) $ Draft profit 60 000 15 000 Error 1 Error 2 Error 3 Revised profit[8]
- (d)Jayani is considering the purchase of a new computerised book-keeping system. State two benefits that Jayani will gain from using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in book-keeping. (i) (ii)[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2010). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [6] (a) Sales Dr 3 000 (1) / Office equipment/Disposal Cr 3 000 (1) Purchases Dr 1 300 (1) / Alana Cr 1 300 (1) Buildings insurance Dr 425 (1) / JGL Insurance Cr 425 (1)
- [3] (b) (i) Principle (1) / (ii) Reversal (1) / (iii) Omission (1)
- [8] (c) Draft profit Gross profit 60 000 Profit for the year 15 000 Error 1 Gross profit -3 000 (1) Profit for the year -3 000 (1) Error 2 Gross profit -1 300 (1) Profit for the year -1 300 (1) Error 3 Gross profit No effect (1) Profit for the year -425 (1) Revised profit Gross profit 55 700 (1) Profit for the year 10 275 (1)
- [2] (d) Speed of processing (1) / Ease of storage of data (1) / Security of computer records (1) / Improved accuracy (1) / Automatic final accounts and reconciliations (1)
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