Question
Rectify the following errors which were detected before preparing the Trial Balance:
  1. Purchase book has been overcast by ₹ 1,000.
  2. Purchase from Ram ₹ 20,000 has been omitted to be posted to his account.
  3. Purchase from Shyam ₹ 15,000 has been posted to the debit side of his account.
  4. Purchase from Ghanshyam ₹ 10,000 has been posted to his account as ₹ 1,000.
  5. Purchase from Sita Ram ₹ 5,000 has been posted to his account as ₹ 50,000.

Answer

  1. Purchases Book has been overcasted by ₹ 1,000. Since it is an error of casting that means individual creditors accounts have been posted correctly and only the total of purchases book has been posted incorrectly to the debit side of Purchases Account. Thus, Purchases Account will be rectified by recording ₹ 1,000 on the credit side of Purchases Account.
  1. Purchases from Ram ₹ 20,000 has been omitted to be posted to his account. This mistake is happened only in Ram’s Account which means that the total of Purchases Book is correct. Thus, in order to rectify this error ₹ 20,000 should be posted on the credit side of Ram’s Account.
  1. Purchase from Shyam ₹ 15,000 has been posted to the debit side of his account. It implies that there is no mistake in Purchases account, however, Shyam’s account has been wrongly debited with ₹ 15,000 instead of crediting. Thus, rectification will be done by posting the double amount (₹ 30,000) on the credit side of Shyam’s Account.
  1. Purchases made from Ghanshayam ₹ 10,000 have been posted to his account as ₹ 1,000. It is a mistake at the time of posting in the ledger account which implies that there is no mistake in the Purchases Account. In this case, Ghanshyam’s Account was credited with lesser amount. So, ₹ 9,000 more will be credited to his account for rectification of this error.
  1. Purchases made from Sitaram ₹ 5,000 have been posted to his account as ₹ 50,000. It implies that his account is credited with an excess amount of ₹ 45,000 (50,000 - 5,000). Thus, in order to rectify this error ₹ 45,000 is debited to Sitaram’s Account.

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7,000
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9,000
April 15
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38,600
April 25
Paid for the life insurance premium of the proprietor*
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April 30
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2,000
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Pass Journal entries for the above transaction, post them into the Ledger and prepare the Trial Balance on 30th April, 2019.
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April 1 Balance of cash in hand ₹ 2,000 and at Bank ₹ 12,000.
April 3 Received cash from Madhav ₹ 1,800.
April 5 Cash Sales ₹ 1,000
April 6 Purchases by cheque ₹ 745.
April 9 Paid into Bank ₹ 1,850.
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April 12 Drew from Bank for office use ₹ 600.
April 13 Issued a cheque in favour of M/s Arun & Sons for ₹ 985.
April 16 Paid into Bank ₹ 715.
April 17 Drew Cash for his son's birthday party ₹ 175.
April 19 Received a cheque from Navin for ₹ 380 and deposited it into bank on the same day.
April 20 Cash Sales ₹ 200.
April 25 Drew from Bank for office use ₹ 200.
April 26 Purchased furniture for ₹ 1,000 and payment made by cheque.
April 27 Navin's cheque dishonoured, Bank charges ₹ 5.
April 29 Purchased business premises, payment made by cheque ₹ 12,000.
April 30 Received cheque for ₹ 675 from Harish.
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  2. Furniture purchased from Noor ₹ 6,000 was recorded through purchases book as ₹ 5,000 and posted to the debit of Noor ₹ 2,000.
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Opened bank account with SBI
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March 4
Goods purchased from Raj, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
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iii.
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