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    PracticeACCAACCA FA — Financial Accounting Practice Exam 5Question 57
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Preparing a Trial BalanceSuspense AccountsErrorsReceivables

    ACCA · Question 57 · Preparing a Trial Balance

    Section B - Case 2: Single Entity Accounts

    Scenario: AquaHarvest Marine Farms
    AquaHarvest prepares its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 20X6. The draft profit before adjustments is $120,000.
    Issue 1: A payment for marine insurance of $6,000 for the year ending 31 December 20X6 was recorded entirely as an expense in the P&L.
    Issue 2: Depreciation on harvesting equipment (Cost $80,000, Acc Dep $30,000) needs to be charged at 20% reducing balance.
    Issue 3: A customer went bankrupt owing $2,500. This needs to be written off.
    Issue 4: A suspense account has a $4,500 Credit balance because a cash receipt of $4,500 from a credit customer was only recorded in the cash book.

    Regarding Issue 4, what is the journal entry to clear the suspense account?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Debit Suspense $4,500, Credit Sales $4,500

    B.

    Debit Trade Receivables $4,500, Credit Suspense $4,500

    C.

    Debit Suspense $4,500, Credit Trade Receivables $4,500

    D.

    Debit Bank $4,500, Credit Suspense $4,500

    How to approach this question

    Identify the missing entry. Cash was received from a customer (Dr Bank, Cr Receivables). Only Dr Bank was done. So we need Cr Receivables. The other side goes to Suspense.

    Full Answer

    C.Debit Suspense $4,500, Credit Trade Receivables $4,500✓ Correct
    The cash receipt was recorded in the cash book (Debit Bank), but the corresponding credit to Trade Receivables was omitted. This caused a shortage of credits in the trial balance, creating a $4,500 Credit balance in the suspense account. To correct this, we Credit Trade Receivables $4,500 and Debit Suspense $4,500.

    Common mistakes

    Crediting Sales instead of Trade Receivables.
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