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Trial Balance and Rectification of Errors: Learning Objectives
Trial Balance and Rectification of Errors: Learning Objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
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Account
Title
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Amount
Rs.
Account Title
001
002
003
004
005
006
007
008
009
0.10
0.11
0.12
Cash
Capital
Bank
Office Equipment
Office Car
Insurance of Car
Purchases
Creditors
Sales
Debtors
Drawings
Salary
Total
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Credit
Amount
Rs.
45,000
5,00,000
2,05,500
60,000
1,60,000
9,000
1,10,000
30,000
1,12,000
40,000
5,000
7,5000
6,42,000
6,42,000
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Debit
Amount
Rs.
Capital Account
Fixed Asset Accounts:
Land and Buildings
Plant and Machinery
Equipment
Furniture and Fixtures
Current Asset Accounts:
Cash in Hand
Cash at Bank
Accounts Receivables
Bills Receivable
Stock of Raw Materials
Work in progress
Stock of Finished goods
Purchases
Carriage inwards
Carriage outwards
Sales
Sales Returns
Purchase Returns
Interest paid
Commission/Discount received
Salaries
Bills Payable
Accounts payable
Outstanding Salaries
Prepaid Insurance
Drawings
Credit
Amount
Rs.
xxx
xxx
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Illustration 1
Ajay started a small general store and
agreed to pay a rent of Rs.500 p.m.
His uncle provided him with some
furniture for the shop.He invested his
personal savings of Rs. 25,000 and his
father gave him Rs.50,000. He named
his shop as Asha General Store. The
shop was inaugurated on 1 January
2002. As Ajay is educated he wanted
to run his business in a professional
way. He requested his friend Anand to
prepare books of account for the shop.
The following were the transactions of
the stores in the first week:
January 2002
1
Purchased
goods
worth
Rs.10,000
from
Ganesh
Enterprises by paying cash.
Made cash sales of Rs.7,500 to
people who attended the inauguration. Opened an account with
United Bank of India by depositing Rs.20,000.
Made payment of Rs.2,000 to a
caterer who supplied refreshments during the inauguration
ceremony. Cash purchases
made for Rs.30,000.
Solution
Books of Asha General Stores
Cash Book
Receipts
Payments
Cash - 001,Bank- 002
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 1
1
1
Capital
Loan from father
Sales
Total c/f
L.F.
Cash
(Rs.)
25,000
50,000
7500
82,500
Bank
(Rs.)
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 1
Jan 1
Jan 2
Purchases
Bank
Purchases
Total c/f
LF
Cash
(Rs.)
10,000
20,000
30,000
60,000
Bank
(Rs.)
Total b/f
82,500
Cash
3
4
5
Sales
Sales
Sales
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Jan
Total b/f
20,000
26,000
9,600
3,300
Business
expenses
Purchases
5,000
License fee
400
Rent
Purchases
Subhash & Co.
Postage
Drawings
Electricity
Wages
Balance c/f
1,21,400
20,000
Purchases Book
Date
2002
Particulars
L.F
Jan 3
Amount
Rs.
30,000
Date
Jan 3
Jan 5
Rajaram
Mary Export
House
L.F
Particulars
2002
Jan 2
Sales Book
Particulars
2,000
500
7,500
5,000
150
7,000
550
250
38,050
15,000
1,21,400
20,000
Journal Proper
30,000
Date
2002
60,000
Amount
Rs.
8,000
47,600
L.F
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Furniture &
Fixtures
Lokesh
Enterprises
(Purchased
furniture)
36,000
Total
36,000
Credit
Amount
Rs.
36,000
36,000
55,600
Capital Account 003
Dr.
Date
2002
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan1
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
25,000
Cr.
Particulars
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
7,000
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
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Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 1
Jan 3
Cash
Subhash & Co.
(creditors)
Cash
Cash
Cash
Jan2
Jan3
Jan4
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
10,000
30,000
3 Jan
31 Dec
Balance c/f
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
82,500
30,000
5,000
7,500
82,500
82,500
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 1
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
50,000
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Jan 5 Bank
31 Dec Balance c/f
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
5,000
25,000
Jan 2.
Purchases
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
30,000
30000
30000
Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 5
Sales
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
47,600
Date
2002
Particulars
Dec 31
balance c/f
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
47,6000
47,6000
47,6000
Cr.
Particulars
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
550
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
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Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 5
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
150
License Fees Account 011
Dr.
Date
2002
Jan 4
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Cash
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
400
Wages Account 012
Dr.
Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 6
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
250
Furniture Account 013
Dr.
Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 2
Lokesh
Enterprises
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
36,000
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 2
Furniture
& Fitting
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
36,000
Cr.
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
1,02,000
1,02,000
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Cash
Cash
Rajaram
Cash
Cash
Mary Export
House
1
3
4
4
5
5
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
7,500
26,000
8,000
9,600
3,300
47,600
1,02,000
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Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 4
Cash
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
500
Rajaram Account 018
Dr.
Cr.
Date
2002
Particulars
Jan 3
Sales
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
Date
2002
Particulars
J.F.
Amount
Rs.
8,000
Account
Title
Debit
Amount
Rs.
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
010
011
012
013
014
015
016
017
018
Cash
Bank
Capital
Drawings
Purchases
Loan A/c
Subash and company
Mary Export House
Electricity
Postage
License
Wages
Furniture and fittings
Lokesh Enterprises
Sales
Business expenses
Rent
Rajaraman
38,050
15,000
Total
Illustration 2
Following balances of ledger accounts
have been obtained from which you are
required to prepare a trial balance:
Cash Rs.41,733; Expenses Rs.12,150;
Credit
Amount
Rs.
25,000
7,000
82,500
50,000
25,000
47,600
550
150
400
250
36,000
36,000
1,02,000
2,000
500
8,000
2,38,000
2,38,000
Solution
Account Title
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Cash
Expenses
Fixed Assets
Sales
Purchases
Accounts
Receivable
Merchandise
Capital
Creditors
1,10,850
24,436
Total
2,05,169
Credit
Amount
Rs.
41,733
12,150
12,000
1,46,616
4,000
50,000
8,553
2,05,169
4.5 Errors
The trial balance is prepared to check
the arithmetical accuracy of accounts.
If the trial balance does not tally, it
implies that there are arithmetical
errors in the accounts which require
location, detection and rectification
thereof. Even if the trial balance tallies,
there may still exist some errors. There
are two types of errors: (a) errors which
are not revealed by the trial balance,
and (b) errors which are revealed by
the trial balance. Errors may happen
at any of the following stages of the
accounting cycle.
A. At
1.
2.
3.
Recording Stage
Errors of principle
Errors of omission
Errors of commission
B. At Posting Stage
1. Error of omission
i. Complete
ii. Partial
2. Error of commission
i. Posting to wrong account
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Rectification
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original entry;
Recording of the transaction
with the wrong amount in the
books of original entries;
Complete omission of posting
of a transaction;
Errors of principle;
Posting of correct amount on the
correct side but to a wrong
account.
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Examples
A payment of Rs.25,000 made to a
supplier Classic Enterprises is wrongly
recorded as payment to Classic
Traders. Suppose that the following
entry has been made and posted:
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Machinery A/c
Dr.
Purchases A/c
Credit
Amount
Rs.
50,000
50,000
Credit
Amount
Rs.
25,000
25,000
Credit
Amount
Rs.
45,000
45,000
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following errors:
(i) Purchases day book for
September 2000 was under cast
by Rs.500.
(ii) Sales day book of November
2000, was overcast by Rs.5,000
(iii) A second hand computer
purchased for office use for
Rs.4,050 was recorded in the
office equipment account as
Rs.405.
(iv) A bill drawn by her for
Rs.20,000 was not entered in
the bills receivable book.
(v) A machinery purchased for
Rs.50,000 was entered in the
Purchases day book.
Pass the necessary journal entries
to rectify the above errors to help Indu
in finalizing her trial balance.
Solution:
Books of Indu Journal
Date
Particulars
Debit
Amount
Rs.
2001
April 1
Purchases A/c
Suspense A/c
(being Purchases Day Book total under
cast by Rs.500, now rectified)
Dr.
Sales A/c
Suspense A/c
(Sales Day Book, total overcast by
Rs.5,000, now rectified)
Dr.
Dr.
Credit
Amount
Rs.
500
500
5,000
5,000
3,645
3,645
2001
April 1
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Dr.
Machinery A/c
Purchases A/c
(Purchases account wrongly debited
instead of machinery account, now rectified)
Dr.
20,000
20,000
Total
50,000
50,000
79,145
79,145
Suspense Account
Dr.
Cr.
Date
2001
Particulars
March
31
Balance b/f
(balancing
figure in the
trial balance)
Amount
Rs.
Date
2001
Particulars
9,145
Apr 1
Purchases A/c
Sales
Office
Equipment
9,145
Illustration 4
The trial balance of Anand Dealers
prepared on 31 December 2000 did not
tally. The difference was placed in the
suspense account on the debit side Rs.
39,180. A detailed examination of his
books revealed the following mistakes:
(i) A payment of Rs.20,000 to John
was posted to the credit of his
account.
(ii) Goods returned by Amrita a
regular customer for Rs.5,800
was posted to the credit of sales
account
(iii) Charges on renovation to the
slow windows of the shop of
Rs.23,640 was debited to the
furniture and fixtures account
Amount
Rs.
500
5,000
3,645
9,145
as Rs.32,460.
(iv) A payment received from Rohan
for Rs.49,240 was credited to
Roshans account.
(v) Glass purchased for show
windows from Aftab suppliers
on a credit for Rs.38,450 was
recorded in the purchases day
book. At the time of posting,
their account was credited with
Rs.34,850.
You are required to correct the
above mistakes by passing the
necessary rectifying errors in the
General journal and find out amount
that was transferred to suspense
account where the trial balance did not
tally.
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Solution
Date
Particulars
2001,
Dec 31
Johns A/c
Suspense A/c
(being wrongly credited, now rectified)
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Suspense A/c
Furniture & Fixtures A/c
(being furniture & fixture credited wrongly,
now rectified)
Dr.
Roshans A/c
Rohan A/c
(being correction of wrong entry in Roshans
account by correctly crediting Rohan)
Dr.
Dr.
2.Suspense A/c
Aftab A/c
(being wrong posting to Aftabs account,
now rectified)
Dr.
"
"
"
"
"
Debit
Amount
Rs.
Total
Credit
Amount
Rs.
40,000
40,000
5,800
5,800
11,600
8,820
8,820
49,240
49,240
38,450
38,450
3,600
3,600
1,51,100
1,51,100
Suspense Account
Dr.
Date
2001
Cr.
Particulars
Amount
Rs.
Date
2001
Particulars
Amount
Rs.
8,820
3,600
39,180
March 31
John
Sales Returns
Sales
41,800
5,800
5,800
April 1
Dec.
31
51,600
51,600
Trial Balance
Errors of Commission
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Errors of Omission
Compensating Errors
Errors of Principle
Suspense Account
Errors of Commission
Errors caused due to wrong recording of a transaction, wrong posting, wrong
totaling, wrong balancing, etc.
Errors of Omission
Errors caused due to omission of recording a transaction either fully or
partially in the books of accounts.
Errors of Principle
Errors caused due to ignoring the accounting principles which may lead
to wrong classification or identification of receipts and payments between
revenue and capital r eceipts and revenue expense and capital
expenditure.
Compensating Errors
Two or more errors committed in such a way that they nullify the effect of
each other on the debits and credits.
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5 Rectification of Errors
Errors affecting only one account can be rectified by giving an explanatory note or
by passing a journal entry. Errors which affect two or more accounts are rectified
by passing a journal entry.
6 Meaning and Utility of
Suspense Account
An account in which the difference in a trial balance is put temporarily till such
time that errors are located and rectified. It facilitates the preparation of provisional
financial statements even when the trial balance does not tally.
7 Disposal of Suspense Account
When all the errors are located and rectified by passing the necessary journal entries,
the suspense account automatically stands disposed off.
EXCERCISES
1.
2.
Which of the following errors will not affect the Trial Balance?
Wrong balancing of an account
Writing an amount in the wrong account but on the correct side
Wrong totaling of an account
None of the above
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(c)
(i)
(ii)
An error of commission
An error of omission
(iii)
(iv)
An error of principle
None of the above
(d)
Which of the following errors will affect the Trial Balance Account?
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(e)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(f)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(g)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Rs. 500 received from Ganpat has been debited to his account
Purchase of Rs.1,000 has been entered in the sales journal
Repairs to buildings have been debited to Buildings Account
None of the above
(h)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(i)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
An asset
A drawing
A revenue
An expense
(j)
The form listing the balances and the title of the accounts in the
ledger on a given date is the :
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Income statement
Balance Sheet
Retained earnings statement
Trial Balance
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3.
Indicate whether the following accounts will have debit or credit balances:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Sales Returns
Carriage Inwards
Purchases
Outstanding Wages
Capital Account
Machinery
Goodwill
Cash in Hand
Cash at Bank
Bills Payable.
(i)
17.
(iv)
(v)
18.
Wages paid for the Construction office were debited to Wages Account,
Rs.15,000
Cartage paid for the newly purchased Furniture, Rs.100 charged to
the Cartage Account
Furniture purchased on credit from Babu Ram for Rs.3,000 recorded
as Rs.300
Wages paid Rs.2,550 were posted in the Wages Account as Rs.2,505
Purchases from Mamata Rs.1,002 were omitted from the books.
19. The trial balance of a book-keeper shows an excess of debits over credits
by Rs.361. This difference is placed in the Suspense Account. Later, the
following errors were discovered.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
20.
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21.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
22. The Trial Balance of New Delhi Dealers as on 31 March 1999, showed a
difference, and on scrutiny, the following discrepancies were observed.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
A sales bill for Rs.8,750 was wrongly debited to the customers account
as Rs.7,850.
Sales to Santosh of Rs.4,000 was entered in the sales return book
but was correctly debited to Santosh.
Bill received from Inderjeet Singh of Rs. 5,000 was entered in the
bills payable book.
An amount of Rs.6,800 owing by a customer had been omitted from
the list of Sundry Debtors.
Goods bought from M. Kamlesh for an amount of Rs.6,400 has been
credited to his account as Rs. 8,400.
Rs.987.90 received from Mushtaq was entered in the cash book as
Rs.990.87.
Give journal entries rectifying the above errors.
23.
Rs.900 paid for the telephone bill of the telephone at the proprietors
residence was debited to Telephone Expense Account.
Cash sales of Rs. 1,200 to Manohar was correctly entered in the
Cash Book but was wrongly posted to account of Mohan
Rs. 1,500 spent on repairs of a machine was debited to Machinery
Account.
The amount of Rs.1,200 written off as bad debt, was recovered and
was credited to Rameshs personal account.
Rs.2,000 included in the wages account was spent on the construction
of a cycle shed in the factory.
An amount of Rs.1,200 withdrawn by the proprietor for his personal
use has been debited to the Trade Expenses Account.
24.
ANSWERS
Fill in the Blanks
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
do not
debit, credit, accurate
revenue, expense
tally, errors
preparation, trial balance
Multiple Choice
(i). (b); (ii). (c); (iii). (c); (iv). (b); (v). (c); (vi). (c); (vii). (c); (Viii). (c); (ix).
(c); (x). (d).
Debit or Credit Balance
(i). Credit; (ii) debit; (iii) debit; (iv) credit; (v) debit;
(vi) debit; (vii) debit; (viii) debit; (ix) debit; (x) credit.
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