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ASSIGNMENT 1 (46 marks) Question 1 1.1 General ledger BW Bank 31/1 Interest Received 327 31/1 Balance b/d 145 068 Balance c/d 620 690 Discount error 5 000 Debtors (R/D Cheque) 47 831 Supplier 423 118 621 017 621 017 ½ Balance b/d 620 690 This was kindly straight forward question. The opening balance and its position was given. Discount was advised as 2% of N$250 000. The question was which side should be corrected. Therefore since it was debited (included in the debit of N$250k) already, you just need to cancel it by crediting cash book resulting in debiting Discount Allowed were it should have been recorded in the first place. RD cheque means the money you have debited into your cash as receipt of money was rejected by the bank due to insufficient cash in drawer s account (or could be another reason but it is irrelevant as what matters is that the bank says they can t credit you with amount as indicated by the debtor.) The Issued of cheque supplied to the supplier, the key was that it was issued before month end that it is payment. The issue of higher cash balance is irrelevant as the amount will be listed reconciling item and at the same time it will be reported prepayments. Thus non recording was wrong, which could be considered at fraudulent reporting. Interest received is straight forward as you received money and we all know that we debit cash book (Bank section in this case) when we receive money. 1.2 Bank reconciliation 31 January 2017 (8) Closing balance as per G/L (620 690) Add: outstanding cheques Cheque 409 423 118 Cheque 378 232 050 34 478 Less: Outstanding receipt (199 957) Closing balance as per bank statement on 31/1/2017 (165 479) 2
The starting point was using final adjusted balance as in 1.1. Note: Bank statement balance was not given on purpose so you start with cash book balance as adjusted. The reason we tend to guess (of force) the reconciliation to the bank statement balance. This is a wrong way of doing things. We have to do the right thing by following the correct principle The rest it is simply follow the structure which is straight forward You just have to identify what is unpresented cheques and outstanding deposits and then plot them in the recon as per structure. 1.3 Discount Allowed 5 000 Bank 5 000 See comment in1.1. on discount 1.4 Bank 232 050 Supplier 232 050 This was test your basic understanding at the same time to give you practical experience. It was common knowledge cheques expired after 6 months thus cannot be presented for payment after 6 months. You simply needed to apply the knowledge of reversal. When you made a payment you debited supplier and credited bank, thus to reverse is to do the opposite. 3
QUESTION 2 2.1 DR CR Mark 1 C. Thomas 450 1 Thomasson Manufacturing 450 1 The Journal is correct thus no adjustment is required. 2 Suspense 100 1 Telephone 100 1 This says telephone was overstated thus it need to be reduced by crediting with difference. Suspense is involved as the error was isolated to Telephone account only thus causing the trial balance not to balance. 3 Suspense 2000 1 Sales 2000 1 Sales was less and we know sales is an income account which increases on the credit. Thus we should credit the sales account and debit suspense as the error was isolated too. 4 Repairs 390 1 Machinery 390 1 Machinery was overstated by repairs amount thus we needed to reduce it. Assets reduce by credit as result repairs which was understated will be debited. 5 Suspense 1 500 1 Rent income 1 500 1 4
Rent received is income thus rent income account should be credited following the principle of income in double entry laws. This involves suspense account as the error was isolated to rent income account only. 6 Purchases 765 1 Creditors 765 1 This was on omission in the books thus needed to be entered in purchases and creditors. Purchases is expense account increase on debit and while creditors are liabilities increase on credit. 2.2 Journal number N$ Mark Net profit Sales-Thomas 1-1 Telephone 2 +100 1 Sales 3 +2 000 1 Repairs 4-390 1 Depreciation 4? 1 Rent received 5 +1 500 1 Purchases 6-765 1 This required you to consider how a particular affects profit. Reduction in expenses and increase in income results in a positive effect on profit. However increase in expenses and decrease in income results in negative effect on profit. See the journals above and related comments to understand further. 5
Question 3 3.1 A 3.2 D 3.3 B 3.4 B 3.5 B 3.6 C 3.7 A 3.8 B 3.9 D This was multiple choice based on topics covered in your study guide and lesser extent based on prior and general knowledge. Mostly students performed well with lowest score on this question being 5 out of 10. 6