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  • Nov 13, 2009, 07:35 PM
    tally357
    Trial balance error
    MY TRIAL BALANCE HAS AN ERROR ON IT its not... AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CORRECT IT... I NEED SOME HELP PLEASE...
    R.T. Transit Ltd is the name of the company

    Cash (dr) 87,635
    A/R (dr) 2,150
    Prepaid (dr) 5,680
    Supplies (dr) 5,525
    Office Equip (dr) 25,510
    Accum Depre office equip(cr) 7650
    Accounts Payable (cr) 15120
    J Royce,Capital (cr) 90,630
    J Royce, withdrawals (dr) 17,000
    Commissions Revenue (cr) 77,900
    Wages Expense (dr) 32,000
    Advertising Expense (dr) 4,800




    Adjustments

    R.T. Transit Ltd. Paid 2,000 cash on their bill
    Depreciation on the office equipment was 10%for the year under review
    Actual Supplies @ the end of the period was $4,790
    R.T. Transit Ltd. Paid $ 5,000 our bill to Esso Bahamas Ltd for gas
    Insurance usage of $3,445 was not booked


    Please help me I need it
  • Nov 13, 2009, 11:50 PM
    rehmanvohra

    The trial balance has an excess credit of $11,000. Debits are 180,300 and credits are 191,300.

    There can be many reasons for the difference:
    1. Partial omission where one side (debit or credit) has not been posted.
    2. Double posting where the same amount has been either debited or credited twice instead of one debit and one credit.
    3. Casting or footing error in one or more accounts.
    4. Transposition error where the digits of a figure has been changed such as 312 posted as 321.
    5. Slide error such as posting of 1234.00 has been posted as 123.40.

    You need to recheck the trial balance for its correctness.

    About the listed adjustments, it is stated
    1. R.T. Transit Ltd. Paid 2,000 cash on their bill
    It is not clear as to what "bill"? There can be two reasons for this, either the amount has been paid and not recorded the payment of bill e.g. accounts payable then reduce accounts payable by 2,000 OR the entire transaction has not been recorded in which case there will be no effect on the trial balance.

    2. Depreciation on the office equipment was 10%for the year under review.

    If the depreciation is not recorded, just record it and no effect on trial balance

    3. Actual Supplies @ the end of the period was $4,790

    Debit supplies expense and credit supplies.

    4. R.T. Transit Ltd. Paid $ 5,000 our bill to Esso Bahamas Ltd for gas.

    Similar to adjustment # 1.

    5. Insurance usage of $3,445 was not booked

    Record it and there will be no effect on trial balance

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