The Trial Balance of Mr. Sarvesh Kumar as on 31 st March, 2024 did not tally and the difference was posted to Suspense Account. On a scrutiny of the…

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The Trial Balance of Mr. Sarvesh Kumar as on 31 st March, 2024 did not tally and the difference was posted to Suspense Account. On a scrutiny of the books; the following errors were detected: (i) The total of Sales Returns Book for January, 2024 has been casted short by - 1,000. (ii) Freight paid for installation of a Machine 6,500 was posted to the Freight Account as 5,600. (iii) Goods of the value of 2,500 returned by a customer were entered in the Sales day Book and posted therefrom to the credit of his account. (iv) ₹ 18,000 paid for purchase of old Motorcycle for personal use of Mr. Sarvesh Kumar was debited to conveyance account. (v) A purchase of 6,700 had been posted to creditor’s account as 6,000. (vi) Receipt of cash - 5,000 from Mr. Avinash was posted to the debit of his account. (vii) A cheque for 2,500 received form Mr. Alok had been dishonoured and was posted to the debit of Mr. Ashok. (viii) Sale of 8,500 to Mr. Deepak was recorded in the sales book correctly but while posting in ledger credited to his account. (ix) The total of “Discount Allowed” column in the cash for the month of December, 2023 amounting to 3,800 was not posted. (x) Sale of old office table for 2,200 treated as sale of goods. You are required to pass necessary journal entries with narrations to rectify the above errors.

Suggested Answer and Working Notes:

Journal Entries in the Books of Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Particulars L.F. Amount Dr. (₹) Amount Cr. (₹) (i) Returns Inward/ Sales Return A/c Dr. 1,000 To Suspense A/c 1,000 (Being the mistake in totalling the Returns Inward Book corrected) (ii) Machinery A/c Dr. 6,500 To Freight A/c 5,600 To Suspense A/c 900 (Being the freight paid for installation of machinery should have been capitalised and not to be charged to freight Account) (iii) Returns Inward/Sales Return A/c Dr. 2,500 Sales A/c Dr. 2,500 To Suspense A/c 5,000 (Being value of goods returned by a customer wrongly posted to sales and omission of debit to sales returns account, now rectified) (iv) Drawings A/c Dr. 18,000 To Conveyance A/c 18,000 (Being the motorcycle purchased for Mr. Suresh Kumar debited to his Drawings Account instead of Conveyance Account as previously done by mistake) (v) Suspense A/c Dr. 700 To Creditors (personal) A/c 700 (Being the mistake in crediting the creditors account less by - 700, now corrected) (vi) Suspense A/c Dr. 10,000 To Mr. Avinash’s A/c 10,000 (Being cash received for 5,000 wrongly posted to the debit of his account now corrected) (vii) Mr. Alok’s A/c Dr. 2,500 To Ashok’s A/c 2,500 (Being the cheque of Mr. Alok dishonoured, previously debited to Mr. Ashok) (viii) Deepak A/c Dr. 17,000 To Suspense A/c 17,000 (Being the correction of mistake by which the account of Deepak A/c was credited instead of being debited) (ix) Discount A/c Dr. 3,800 To Suspense A/c 3,800 (Being the total of discount allowed during December not posted; error now rectified) (x) Sales A/c Dr. 2,200 To Furniture A/c 2,200 (Being the rectification of mistake by which sales of furniture was entered in sales book and hence now corrected by debiting the sales A/c)

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