Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Question 50

Practice objective / multiple choice question 50 from the 2022 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 50 NECO • 2022 • FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING • objective

The following journal entries were recorded in June:\n\n1. Debit Purchases \(\text{₦}250,000\); Credit Accounts Payable \(\text{₦}250,000\).\n2. Debit Salaries Expense \(\text{₦}45,000\); Credit Cash \(\text{₦}45,000\).\n3. Debit Cash \(\text{₦}80,000\); Credit Sales Revenue \(\text{₦}80,000\).\n4. Debit Accounts Receivable \(\text{₦}60,000\); Credit Sales Revenue \(\text{₦}60,000\).\n5. Debit Cash \(\text{₦}30,000\); Credit Accounts Receivable \(\text{₦}30,000\).\n\nAfter posting, the trial balance shows (debit side first):\n\n- Purchases \(\text{₦}250,000\)\n- Salaries Expense \(\text{₦}45,000\)\n- Cash \(\text{₦}?\)\n- Accounts Receivable \(\text{₦}?\)\n- Sales Revenue Credit \(\text{₦}140,000\)\n- Accounts Payable Credit \(\text{₦}250,000\)\n\nIt is later discovered that the Salaries Expense entry should have been \(\text{₦}50,000\) instead of \(\text{₦}45,000\). Assuming all other entries are correct, determine the corrected cash balance and the corrected accounts receivable balance that will make the trial balance balance.

Answer Options

A. Corrected cash balance \\(\\text{₦}55,000\\); Corrected accounts receivable \\(\\text{₦}35,000\\)
B. Corrected cash balance \\(\\text{₦}70,000\\); Corrected accounts receivable \\(\\text{₦}20,000\\)
C. Corrected cash balance \\(\\text{₦}65,000\\); Corrected accounts receivable \\(\\text{₦}25,000\\)
Correct Answer D. Corrected cash balance \(\text{₦}60,000\); Corrected accounts receivable \(\text{₦}30,000\)
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Corrected cash balance \(\text{₦}60,000\); Corrected accounts receivable \(\text{₦}30,000\)

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This is Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Question 50. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

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