Neco Model Questions Vol1 2023 Financial Accounting Question 43

Practice objective / multiple choice question 43 from the 2023 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Financial Accounting examination.

Neco Model Questions Vol1 2023 Financial Accounting Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 43 NECO_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2023 • FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING • objective

A trial balance shows a debit total of \(\₦84,750\) and a credit total of \(\₦84,250\). The difference of \(\₦500\) (debit side higher) is suspected to arise from a single error. Either a purchase entry of \(\₦3,240\) was transposed and recorded as \(\₦3,420\), or a sales return of \(\₦500\) on the credit side was omitted. Identify which error explains the imbalance and state the amount that should be transferred to the suspense account.

Answer Options

A. Omission of purchase; transfer ₦500 to debit side of suspense account
Correct Answer B. Omission of sales return; transfer ₦500 to credit side of suspense account
C. Transposition of purchase; transfer ₦180 to debit side of suspense account
D. Transposition of sales return; transfer ₦500 to credit side of suspense account
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
Omission of sales return; transfer ₦500 to credit side of suspense account

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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2023 Financial Accounting Question 43. It is one of the objective questions from the 2023 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Financial Accounting examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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