Reference no: EM132523406
The trial balance for Sun Ltd prepared on 31 December 2019 had total debits that did not equal the total credits. A suspense account was created with a credit balance of £6,530 in order to balance the trial balance.
An investigation revealed the following:
1) Insurance expense prepaid of £830 at the end of the year had been recorded with the entry Dr Prepayment asset £830, Dr Insurance expense £830.
2) Payment of £540 wages had been credited to administration expenses.
3) Current tax payable of £950 had been reported as an expense and not reported as a liability.
4) A debit balance of £3,200 on the trade receivables account had been incorrectly extracted from the general ledger as £2,300.
5) The opening balance on Machine accumulated depreciation of £5,900 was missing from the trial balance.
Required:
Question a) Record the book-keeping entries to correct the errors and eliminate the suspense account in the trial balance at 31 December 2019