11th | Rectification of errors | Question No. 37 To 40 | Ts Grewal Solution 2024-2025

Question 37:

Pass the rectification entries for the following transactions:
(i) Repairs to plant amounting to ` 2,000 had been charged to Plant and Machinery Account.
(ii) An entry of ` 1,450 representing the selling price of goods returned to Mohan had been made in Return Outwards Book and posted. The amount should have been ` 1,300, the invoice value of the goods in question.

(iii) A cheque for `8,500 received from Sandesh was credited to the account of Ramesh.
(iv) Goods to the value of `7,000 returned by Prateek were included in closing stock, but no entry was made in the books.
(v) Goods costing `5,000 were purchased for various members of the staff and the cost was included in 'Purchases'. A similar amount was deducted from the salaries of the staff members concerned and the net payments to them debited to Salaries Account.
(vi) Credit purchase of old machinery from Sohan for `1,70,000 was entered in the Purchase Book as purchase from Mohan for `7,10,000. `30,000 paid as repairing charges on the reconditioning of a newly purchased second hand machinery were debited to General Expenses Account.
(vii) Debit and Credit totals of discount columns in the Cash Book which come to `400 and `370 respectively have not been posted to Discount Accounts.

Answer:

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

(`)

Credit

(`)

(i)

Repairs A/c

Dr.

 

2,000

 

 

To Plant and Machinery A/c

 

 

2,000

 

(Repairs wrongly capitalised, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Machinery A/c

Dr.

 

1,340

 

 

To Wages A/c

 

 

1,340

 

(Wages paid to Workmen for certain addition to Machinery wrongly debited to Wages Account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Ramesh

Dr.

 

8,500

 

 

To Sandesh

 

 

8,500

 

(Cheque of Rs 8,500 received from Sandesh was wrongly Credited to Ramesh's Account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

Sales Return A/c

Dr.

 

7,000

 

 

To Prateek

 

 

7,000

 

(Goods returned by Prateek had not recorded in the book, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

Salaries A/c

Dr.

 

5,000

 

 

To Purchases A/c

 

 

5,000

 

(Goods purchased for Staff was wrongly debited to Purchases Account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

Mohan
Machinery A/c

Dr.
Dr.

 

7,10,000
2,00,000

 

 

To Sohan
To Purchases A/c
To General Expenses A/c

 

 

1,70,000
7,10,000
30,000

 

(Credit purchase of an old machinery from Sohan and repairs charges were wrongly recoreded as purchase from Mohan and General Expenses, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)(a)

Discount Allowed A/c

Dr.

 

400

 

 

To Suspense A/c

 

 

400

 

(Discount allowed omitted to be recorded, now recorded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)(b)

Suspense A/c

Dr.

 

370

 

 

   To Discount Received A/c

 

 

370

 

(Discount received omitted to be recorded, now recorded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Question 38:

There was a difference in the Trial Balance of M/s. Jain & Sons, prepared for the year ended 31st March, 2024. The accountant put the difference in Suspense Account.
The following errors were found:
(i) Purchases Return Book total `400 has not been posted to Ledger Account.
(ii) `5,100 spent on legal expense for the newly acquired Building was debited to the Building Account as `1,500.
(iii) A sale of `6,540 to Rajat has been credited to his account.
Rectify the errors and show the Suspense Account with Nil closing balance.

Answer:

Books of M/s Jain & Sons

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

Rs

Credit

Rs

(i)

Suspense A/c

Dr.

 

400

 

 

To Purchases Return A/c

 

 

400

 

(Purchases Return Book total was not posted to Purchase Return Account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Building A/c

Dr.

 

3,600

 

 

To Suspense A/c

 

 

3,600

 

(Legal expenses Rs 5,100 on acquiring a Building was recorded as Rs 1,500 in Building Account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Rajat

Dr.

 

13,080

 

 

To Suspense A/c

 

 

13,080

 

(Sale of RajatRs 6,540 was posted wrongly to Credit of his account, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suspense Account

 

Dr.

Cr.

 

Date

Particulars

Rs

Date

Particulars

Rs

 

(i)

Purchases Return

400

(ii)

Building

3,600

 

 

Difference in the Trial Balance

16,280

(iii)

Rajat

13,080

 

 

 

16,680

 

 

16,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 39:

A Trial Balance disclosed a difference of `417 placed on the credit side of the Suspense Account. Later on the following errors were located:
(i) Goods worth `200 purchased from Sohan had been posted to his account as `250.
(ii) A purchase of furniture for `500 was recorded in the Purchases Book.
(iii) Instead of crediting Gian’s Account with `512, it was debited with `215.
(iv) Goods worth `130 returned by Gian were entered in the Sales Book and posted therefrom to the credit of Gian’s Personal Account.
Pass the rectifying entries and prepare a Suspense Account.

Answer:

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

Rs

Credit

Rs

(i)

Sohan

Dr.

 

50

 

 

To Suspense A/c

 

 

50

 

(Goods Purchased from SohanRs 200 was posted to his account as Rs 250, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Furniture A/c

Dr.

 

500

 

 

To Purchases A/c

 

 

500

 

(Purchase of Furniture was entered in Purchases Book, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Suspense A/c

Dr.

 

727

 

 

To Gian

 

 

727

 

(Gian’s Account was debited by Rs 215 Instead of Crediting Rs 512, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

Sales Return A/c

Dr.

 

130

 

 

Sales A/c

Dr.

 

130

 

 

To Suspense

 

 

260

 

(Sale returned by Gian was wrongly entered in the Sales Book, now rectified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suspense Account

Dr.

Cr.

Date

Particulars

Rs

Date

Particulars

Rs

 

 

 

 

Balance b/d

417

(iii)

Gain

727

(i)

Sohan

50

 

 

 

(iv)

Sales Return

130

 

 

 

 

Sales

130

 

 

727

 

 

727

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Question 40:

There was a difference of `720 in the Trial Balance which has been transferred to the credit side of the Suspense Account. Pass the rectifying entries and prepare a Suspense Account to rectify the following errors:
(i) An amount of `375 now posted on the debit side of the Commission Account instead of `275.
(ii) Credit amount of `260 posted to the debit of the Personal Account as `360.
(iii) Goods sold to Surinder recorded in Purchases Book `300.
(iv) D’s bill for erection of godown at a cost of `1,200 has been charged to the Repairs Account.

Answer:

 

Suspense Account

 

Dr.

 

Cr.

Date

Particulars

`

Date

Particulars

`

(i)

To Commission

100

 

By Balance b/d

720

(ii)

To Personal Account

620

 

 

 

 

 

720

 

 

720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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