This is a Books of First Entry, Ledger and Trial Balance Question - Junior Cycle Business Studies - Question 1 - 2016
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This is a Books of First Entry, Ledger and Trial Balance Question.
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GOLD Ltd, a plumbing business, had both credit and cash trans... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:This is a Books of First Entry, Ledger and Trial Balance Question - Junior Cycle Business Studies - Question 1 - 2016
Step 1
Record the following Credit Transactions in the Purchases and Sales Books of GOLD Ltd for the month of May 2016.
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In the Purchases Book:
Date
Details
Invoice No.
Net (€)
VAT (€)
Total (€)
01/05/2016
HAND Ltd
6
60,000
13,800
73,800
20/05/2016
HAND Ltd
17
16,000
3,680
19,680
In the Sales Book:
Date
Details
Invoice No.
Net (€)
VAT (€)
Total (€)
12/05/2016
SUM Ltd
94
48,000
11,040
59,040
Step 2
Record the following Bank Transactions for the month of May 2016 in the Analysed Cash Book of GOLD Ltd.
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In the Analysed Cash Book:
Receipts Side:
Date
Details
Bank (€)
Sales (€)
VAT (€)
Share Capital (€)
06/05/2016
Share Capital
110,000
110,000
10/05/2016
Sales
55,350
55,350
10,350
Payments Side:
Date
Details
Bank (€)
Purchases (€)
VAT (€)
Creditors (€)
Insurance (€)
16/05/2016
HAND Ltd
54,000
54,000
27/05/2016
Purchases for resale
8,300
8,300
1,909
31/05/2016
Insurance
12,000
12,000
Step 3
Balance the accounts on 31 May 2016 and extract a Trial Balance as at that date.
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To balance the accounts on 31 May 2016:
Add up the totals from the Receipts and Payments sides of the Analysed Cash Book to find the closing balances.
Prepare the Trial Balance:
Account
Dr (€)
Cr (€)
Share Capital
110,000
Sales
93,000
HAND Ltd
39,480
Bank
52,610
SUM Ltd
59,040
Purchases
114,000
VAT
4,830
Insurance
12,000
Total
242,480
242,480
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