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The trial balance extracted from the books of Benard Masita as at 30 September 2010 failed to agree. The debit difference of Sh. 442,000 was posted...

The trial balance extracted from the books of Benard Masita as at 30 September 2010 failed to
agree. The debit difference of Sh. 442,000 was posted to a suspense account. An income
statement was prepared which showed a gross profit and a net profit of Sh. 1,985,000 and
Sh.1,229,000 respectively. Upon investigations, the following errors were discovered:
1. A purchase of Sh 150,000 on credit was correctly posted to the suppliers account but was
completely omitted from the purchases day book.
2. Sales amounting to Sh. 250,000 to Samuel Njuguna were erroneously credited to his account.
The sales account had been correctly posted.
3. Salaries paid for the month of September 2010 amounting to Sh. 230,000 were recorded in
the salaries account as Sh 320,000.
4. Purchases of office stationery for Sh. 125,000 were erroneously debited to purchases account.
5. A payment of Sh.45,000 to Daniel Olunya, a creditor, was erroneously debited to the account of
Alois Olunya, another creditor.
6. An entry of Sh.21,000 for returns outwards was made in error in the sales day book instead of
in the purchases return day book.
7. A bad debt of Sh 22,500 is yet to be written off.
8. Goods valued at Sh220,000 were taken for personal use but no entry had been made in the
books.
9. A discount received of Sh.59,000 was correctly entered in the cashbook but posted to the
discounts allowed account.
Required:
i) A fully balanced suspense account.
ii) Statement of corrected gross profit.
iii) Statement of corrected net profit.

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Kavungya answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 06:47

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