In: Accounting
Crane Cable |
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Debit |
Credit |
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Cash |
$4,200 |
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Accounts Receivable |
3,100 |
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Supplies |
900 |
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Equipment |
10,500 |
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Accumulated Depreciation―Equip. |
$1,360 |
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Accounts Payable |
2,300 |
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Salaries and Wages Payable |
700 |
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Unearned Service Revenue |
900 |
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Owner’s Capital |
13,040 |
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Service Revenue |
5,500 |
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Salaries and Wages Expense |
3,500 |
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Advertising Expense |
700 |
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Miscellaneous Expense |
350 |
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Depreciation Expense |
550 |
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$23,800 |
$23,800 |
Horace Culpepper reviewed the records and found the following
errors.
1. | Cash received from a customer on account was recorded as $630 instead of $580. | |
2. | A payment of $71 for advertising expense was entered as a debit to Miscellaneous Expense $71 and a credit to Cash $71. | |
3. | The first salary payment this month was for $2,000, which included $700 of salaries payable on March 31. The payment was recorded as a debit to Salaries and Wages Expense $2,000 and a credit to Cash $2,000. (No reversing entries were made on April 1.) | |
4. | The purchase on account of a printer costing $400 was recorded as a debit to Supplies and a credit to Accounts Payable for $400. | |
5. | A cash payment of repair expense on equipment for $71 was recorded as a debit to Equipment $30 and a credit to Cash $30. |
Prepare an analysis of each error showing (1) the incorrect entry, (2) the correct entry, and (3) the correcting entry. Items 4 and 5 occurred on April 30, 2017
The Incorrect Entry | The correct Entry | The correcting Entry | ||||||||||||||
Date | Accounts title & Explanations | Debit | Credit | Date | Accounts title & Explanations | Debit | Credit | Date | Accounts title & Explanations | Debit | Credit | |||||
Amount in $ | Amount in $ | Amount in $ | Amount in $ | Amount in $ | Amount in $ | |||||||||||
Sr. No.1 | Cash | 630 | Sr. No.1 | Cash | 580 | Sr. No.1 | Accounts receivable | 50 | ||||||||
Accounts Receivable | 630 | Accounts Receivable | 580 | Cash | 50 | |||||||||||
To record the cash received from customer | To record the cash received from customer | To record the correcting entry | ||||||||||||||
Sr. No. 2 | Miscellaneous expense | 71 | Sr. No. 2 | Advertising expense | 71 | Sr. No. 2 | Advertising expense | 71 | ||||||||
Cash | 71 | Cash | 71 | Miscellaneous expense | 71 | |||||||||||
To record the payment towards the miscellaneous expense | To record the payment towards the advertising expense | To record the correcting entry | ||||||||||||||
Sr. No. 3 | Salary and wages Expense | 2000 | Sr. No. 3 | Salary & Wages Expense | 1300 | Sr. No. 3 | Salaries Payable | 700 | ||||||||
Cash | 2000 | Salaries Payable | 700 | Salary & Wages Expense | 700 | |||||||||||
To record the payment for salary and wages | Cash | 2000 | To record the correcting entry | |||||||||||||
To record the payment for salary and wages | ||||||||||||||||
Sr. No. 4 / Apr-30 | Supplies | 400 | Sr. No. 4 / Apr-30 | Printer(Office equipment) | 400 | Sr. No. 4 / Apr-30 | Printer(Office equipment) | 400 | ||||||||
Accounts Payable | 400 | Accounts Payable | 400 | Supplies | 400 | |||||||||||
To record the purchase of supplies on account | To record the purchase of printer on account | To record the correcting entry | ||||||||||||||
Sr. No. 5/ Apr-30 | Equipment | 30 | Sr. No. 5/ Apr-30 | Repair Expense | 71 | Sr. No. 5/ Apr-30 | Repair Expense | 71 | ||||||||
Cash | 30 | Cash | 71 | Equipment | 30 | |||||||||||
To record the payment towards Equipment | To record the payment towards the repair on equipment | Cash | 41 | |||||||||||||
To record the correcting entry | ||||||||||||||||
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