
PREPARING FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENTS (CBAs)
645
FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Solution 6
(a)
Suspense account
$ $
Stationery error 18 Trial balance difference 2,221
Discount allowed omitted 950 Sales daybook error 180
Proceeds of sale of non-current asset
not entered in disposal account 750
Bank interest omitted 220
Balance carried down 903
2,621 2.621
(b)
Sales ledger control account
$ $
Balance at 30 April 20X6 104,637 Discount allowed 950
Error in sales daybook 180 Contra to purchase ledger 426
Credit sale omitted 325 Contra to purchase ledger 426
Balance carried down 103,340
105,142 105,142
(c)
$
P r o fi t as originally calculated 227,642
Add : stationery error 18
Add : error in sales daybook total 180
Add : credit sale omitted 325
Less : loss on sale of non-current asset (170)
Revised net profi t 227,995
Solution 7
This question involves the comparison of the statement received from a supplier with the
ledger account maintained in the fi rm’s purchase ledger. Remember that debits on one
should appear as credits on the other. The technique is similar to that of bank reconcilia-
tions but there are added complications in the form of discounts assumed to be taken by
the fi rm but not allowed by the supplier, and debit notes issued by the fi rm that have not
yet been raised as credit notes by the supplier. The items to appear on the reconciliation
will include items from both the statement and the ledger account; both are likely to be
incorrect, and therefore the simplest way of reconciling the two is to prepare a calculation
of the corrected balance for each and ensure that they agree.