Question

(i) What are the different causes that make a Trial Balance incorrect?
(ii) Pass the rectifying Journal entries:
(a) A credit sale of goods for ₹ 2,500 to Krishna has been wrongly passed through the Purchases Book.
(b) ₹ 5,000 paid for freight on machinery purchased was debited to the Freight Account as ₹ 500.
(c) The Returns Inward Book has been wrongly overcast by ₹ 100.
(d) An amount of ₹ 500 due from Ramesh which had been written off as bad debt in previous year was recovered and had been posted to the Personal Account of Ramesh.
(e) A sum of ₹ 460 owed by Hari had not been included in the list of debtors.

Answer 1

Answer:

A balance sheet is a financial statement that reports a company's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time, and provides a basis for computing rates of return and evaluating its capital structure.

Answer 2

part 1

entries made twice

entries made incorrect

entries to wrong account

reversed entries