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Produce a correct trial balance as at 31 October 2014.
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3 stepsTo produce a correct trial balance, we need to identify accounts that have been recorded on the wrong side and move them to their correct debit or credit column.
Identify accounts recorded on the wrong side.
We will compare the given trial balance entries with the normal balance of each account type:
- Assets and Expenses normally have Debit balances.
- Liabilities, Equity, and Revenue normally have Credit balances.
Based on this, the following accounts are on the wrong side in the original trial balance:
- Return inwards (Sales Returns): An expense/contra-revenue account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K20,000.
- Opening Inventories: An asset account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K60,000.
- Carriage inwards: An expense account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K14,000.
- Carriage outwards: An expense account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K17,000.
- Insurance costs: An expense account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K25,000.
- Communication costs: An expense account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K18,000.
- Motor vehicle repairs: An expense account, should be Debit. It is currently Credit K21,000.
- Discount received: An income account, should be Credit. It is currently Debit K48,000.
Prepare the corrected trial balance by moving the identified accounts to their correct side.
All other accounts remain in their original columns as their balances are correctly placed.
Account Name Dr (K) Cr (K) Capital 600,000 Payables 120,000 Return inwards 20,000 Return outwards 15,000 Sales 1,200,000 Discount allowed 16,000 Purchases 320,000 Opening Inventories 60,000 Carriage inwards 14,000 Carriage outwards 17,000 Rent paid 50,000 Salaries and wages 70,000 Electricity 20,000 Fuel costs 40,000 Insurance costs 25,000 Communication costs 18,000 Motor vehicle repairs 21,000 Stationery expenses 22,000 Office expenses 13,000 Land - cost 150,000 Buildings - cost 800,000 Accumulated depreciation 1 November 2013 24,000 Motor vehicle - cost 700,000 Accumulated depreciation 1 November 2013 150,000 Office furniture - cost 250,000 Accumulated depreciation 1 November 2013 150,000 Equipment - cost 600,000 Accumulated depreciation 300,000 Receivables 210,000 Bank overdraft 52,000 Cash 23,000 Bank loan 800,000 Discount received 48,000 Total 3,509,000 3,509,000 Calculate the total debits and credits.
Sum of all Debit balances:
Sum of all Credit balances:
The total debits equal the total credits.
The corrected trial balance is:
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