Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 5 October 2024

Alex, a sole trader, does not keep a sales ledger control account or a sales daybook and is not registered for VAT.

The bookkeeper, Lucy, has discovered the following errors and omissions in Alex’s accounting records:

a cheque for £180 from a customer has been returned unpaid by the bank. No entries have been made in the accounting records for the return of the cheque

(2) a credit note for £12 was sent to a customer but was mistaken for an invoice by Alex when recording it in the daybooks.

Which of the following journals will be entered in Alex’s general ledger accounts to correct these errors?

Select ONE answer:

1. Debit Receivables £156, Debit Sales £24, Credit Cash £180
2. Debit Cash £180, Credit Receivables £156, Credit Sales £24
3. Debit Receivables £168, Debit Sales £12, Credit Cash £180
4. Debit Bad debts expense £180, Debit Receivables £24, Credit Cash £180, Credit Sales £24

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct == > Debit Receivables £180 Debit Sales (2 * £12) £24 = £204 — > Credit Cash £180 Credit Receivables £24 = £204
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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