SS 1 OMEGA TERM BOOK- KEEPING

SCHEME OF WORK
WEEK
1 Revision
2. Petty cash book
---Meaning of petty cash book
___ Classification of columns
__posting of transaction
3. Trial balance and correction of errors
Meaning of trial balance
Functions of trial balance
Extraction of balance from ledger to trial balance
4. Trial balance and correction of error
---Rules for posting balances from ledger to trial balance
__preparation of trial balance
5. Trial balance and correction of errors
Meaning of errors
Types of errors
Errors affecting Trial balance
Errors that do not affect trial balance
6. Trial Balance and correction of errors
Correction of errors through the use of suspense account
7. Trading Account
__ Definition of trading account
__ description of cost of goods sold
 __dtermining gross profit
8. Trading account
__preparation of a simple trading account
9. ___profit and loss Account
__purpose of profit and loss account
__ determining net sales and net profit
Rules for preparing profit and loss account
10 balance sheet
__ explain balance sheet
___ balance sheet content
__ Users of balance sheet
___preparation of simple balance sheet

11 revision
12 exam

PETTY CASH BOOK

MEANING:
IMPREST SYSTEM : This is a system for recording petty cash transactions, which are paid out of
a cash [Link] system is set up by giving a specified sum known as cash float to the cashier in
order to cover petty expenses during the period.
PETTY CASH BOOK: This is the book of original or prime entry which is used for recording small
disbursements or expenses e.g. postages, stationery, transport etc. it is part of the double entry
system. The source documents are invoices, receipts, and vouchers
PROCEDURES OF PETTY CASH BOOK:
1. Amount of float from the main cash book
CR; CASH BOOK
DR : PETTY CASH BOOK
2. RULING OF PETTY CASH BOOK
Credit side is wider than debit side
Credit side :Analysis columns :Debit side : Receipt side
3. Payment for expenses
Credit Petty cash with payment under related expenses (analysis column)
4. Total of analysis columns: Analysis columns totaled are transferred to the debit of nominal
Ledgers
[Link]-imbursement of petty cash
The petty cash cashier will be re-imbursed at interval to bring the amount back to the formal
amount
LAYOUT OF PETTY CASH BOOK
receipt f date details [Link] total postage cleaning [Link] med exp
ledge
# # # # # # #
700 cb july1 bal b/d
“ 2 cleaning 15 15
“3 Bola 70 70
“ 5 postage 30 30
“ 7 transport 40 40
“ 8 cleaning 20 20
“ 9 med expense 55 55
“ 10 petrol 15 15
___________________________________________
245 30 35 55 55 70
_________________________________
245 cb “ 31 cash balc/d 700
_____ ______
945 945
-_____ _____
700 Aug 1 bal b/d

TRIAL BALANCE AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS

MEANING OF TRIAL BALANCE
Trial balance is a statement showing list of balances in a double entry form extracted from the
ledgers to test the arithmetical accuracy of the accounts
LAYOUT OF TRIAL BALANCE

DR # CR#
Capital x
Furniture and fittings x
Land and building x
Stock x
Cash at bank x
Creditors x
Loan x
Provision for doubtful debts x
Bad debts x
Insurance x
Rates x
Sundry expenses x
Premises x
Sales x
Returns inwards x
Returns outwards x
Purchases x
Discount allowed x
Telephone x
Discount received x
Lighting x
Stationery x
Motor expenses x
Drawings x
Carriage inwards x
Salaries & wages x
Bank overdraft x
Carriage outwards x
Accumulated depreciation:land&building x
Equipment x
Equipment at cost x
Rent receivable x
Bills payable x
Bills receivable x
Debtors x
Plant& machinery x
Delivery expenses x
Office expenses x
Travelling expenses x
Petty cash x
Repairs x
Loan interest x
________________
Xx xx
______________

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRIAL BALANCE AND BALANCE SHEET

1. Trial balance shows list of ledger balances WHILE Balance Sheet is a statement showing
assets and liabilities
2. Trial balance is prepared to prove the arithmetical accuracy of the ledger accounts WHILE
BALANCE SHEET is prepared to show the financial position of a business at a point in time
3. In the trial balance , items are classified into debit and credit WHILE in the balance sheet
items are classified into assets and liabilities
4. Trial balance preparation is at the discretion of the business WHILE balance sheet
preparation and presentation is a legal obligation in any business
5. Trial balance is used for the preparation of final accounts for which the balance sheet is a
part. WHILE BALANCE SHEET is prepared with the balances left after the preparation of the
trading profit and loss account
PURPOSE OF TRIAL BALANCE
1. Provide a comprehensive lists of all accounts therefore it saves time
2. To show the arithmetical accuracy of the entries in the ledgers
3. Provide data for the preparation of Trading , profit and loss and balance sheet
RULES OF TRIAL BALANCE
In preparing the trial balance ,the rules below must be followed by the students.
 TRIAL BALANCE

CREDIT LIABILITIES CREDIT INCOME/GAIN DEBIT

EXPENSES
DEBIT ASSETS

BALANCING OF LEDGER ACCOUNTS

Before the preparation of trial balance ,all ledgers should be posted ,added and balanced off. In
balancing the accounts, the following procedures should be followed.
Procedures for balancing the ledgers
1 post all debit items
2. Add all the items on the debit side
3. Post all credit items.
[Link] all the items on the credit sides
5. Compare the two totals.
6. If the debit side is greater ,insert the difference on the credit side.
7. If the credit side is greater , insert the difference on the debit side

Illustration:Mr Odili has the following transactions for the month of June 1999
Cash purchases 3000
Cash sales 10000
Paid wages by cash 200
Paid insurance cash 800
Settled Olu by cash 300
You are required to record the transactions,balance off and prepare a trial balance

SOLUTION:
DR CASH ACCOUNT CR

# #
SALES 10000 Purchases 3000

Insurance 800
Olu 300
Bal c/d 5700
_______ _____
10000 10000
_____ ____
Bal b/d 5700

Note: the items on the debit side exceed the items on the credit side by #[Link] the
difference on the credit side as balance C/D so that the totals may be equal .In the next
accounting period,#5700 will be balance brought down (balance b/d).

Ledger entries:
DR Sales account CR
 # #
BAL C/D 10000 CASH 10000
____ ____
Bal b/d 10000

DR Purchases account CR

# #
CASH 3000 BAL C/D 3000
___ ___
BAL B/D 3000

DR WAGES ACCOUNT CR
# #
CASH 200 BAL C/D 200
__ ___
BAL B/D 200

DR INSURANCE ACCOUNT CR
# #
Cash 800 bal c/d 800
____ ___
Bal b/d 800

DR OLU ACCOUNT CR
# #
CASH 300 BAL C/D 300

Note:All the ledger accounts have been balanced and the balances brought .The trial balance
will now be prepared by following the rules enumerated above

particular Trial balance DR CR

# #
CASH 5700
SALES 10000
PURCHASES 3000
WAGES 200
INSURANCE 800
OLU 300
________ ______
10000 1000
______ _______
EVALUATION:
[Link] four differences between a balance sheet and a trial balance
2. State three functions of a trial balance

ASSIGNMENT: Take assignment from simplified and amplified book-keeping and accounting
revision question 3 page 101
TRIAL BALANCE ERRORS OR UNDISCLOSED ERRORS
1. Errors of original entry: This error occurs when a wrong amount is entered on the debit and
credit sides e.g sales of #95 to Ayo entered in the accounts as #59.
2. Error of omission; Error of omission occurs when a transaction is totally omitted from the
debit and credit sides of the account
3. Error of commission: This error occurs when a transaction is entered in a wrong person’s
account e.g purchase of goods #70 from Bada entered in Dada ‘s account
4 Error of principle: Error of principle occurs when transactions are entered in a wrong class of
accounts
5. Compensating Errors: This occurs when errors of the same amount are posted to the two
sides of the of the ledger, therefore they cancelled out each other.
6. Complete reversal of entry: This occurs when the double entry for a transaction is reversed.
The account to be debited has been credited and the account that ought to be credited is
debited

Illustration:
Show the journal entries necessary to correct the following errors
1. Sales of motor van #800 had been entered in the sales account
2. Purchase of goods from Akano #720 was completely omitted from the account.
3. Goods of #230 returned by Ajayi has been entered in Ajala account
4. Sales were overcast by #950 as also were motor expenses .
5. Cash paid to James #1500 was entered on the credit side of his account and debited to cash
account
6. Purchase of goods from Olaiya #290 has been entered in the accounts as #920
7. Payment of cash #320 to Abiodun has been entered twice in the two accounts

JOURNAL DR CR
# #
a. sales account 800
 motor van account 800
Sales of motor van entered in sales a/c now corrected
b. Purchases account 720
Akano account 720
Purchases of goods from Akano omitted now corrected
c. Ajayi account 230
Ajala account 230
Goods returned by Ajayi mistakenly entered in Ajala now
Corrected
d. Sales account 950
motor expenses account 950
correction of overcast of sales and motor expenses
e. James account 3000
cash account 3000
Payment of cash to James mistakenly reversed now corrected
f. Olaiya account 630
purchases account 630
Correction of error of wrong amount
g. Abiodun account 320
cash account 320
recoding of a transaction twice in the accounts now corrected

ERRORS THAT WILL AFFECT THE AGREEMNENT OF THE TRIAL BALANCE

The following errors will affect the totals of the trial balance, hence they will be adjusted by
means of entry in the suspense account.
1. One sided omission
2. Misposting of figures to the account
3. Errors in transfer of totals of subsidiary book
4. Two entries on the same side
5. Undercasting and overcasting of balances
PROCESSES INVOLVED IN CORRECTION OF ERRORS
[Link] of error
2. Illustration of errors in the ledgers
3. correction
4 posting to the journal
5 .preparation of suspense account
ERRORS EXPLAINED
1. One sided omission:this occurs when there is an omission in one of the two accounts e.g
payment of rent #170 cash was entered in the cash book but not in the rent account
2. MISPOSTING OF FIGURES TO THE ACCOUNT:This error occurs when an item was recorded on
the debit side with figures different from the figures recorded on the credit side . e.g Sales of
goods #209 was credited in sales account and debited in cash account as #902
3. ERRORS IN TRANSFER OF TOTALS OF OF SUBSIDIARY BOOKS:Errors can occur when
transferring the totals of the subsidiary books to the ledgers e.g A sales of goods to Okoro had
been correctly recorded in the sales day book as #240 but had been debited to his account as
#24
4. TWO ENTRIES ON THE SAME SIDE: Two entries can be made on one side of the account and
one entry on other account e.g sales of goods #300 cash was debited twice to the cash account

[Link] BALANCE ERRORS:The trial balance error can occur in the trial balance as follows
a. Trial balance can be incorrectly totaled.
b. An item can omitted from the trial [Link] petty cash book balance of #100 was
omitted from the trial balance.
Illustration:The trial balance of Fashola ltd as at 31st Dec 2000 failed to agree. The difference of
#500 was credited to a suspense account .Further investigation revealed the following errors
[Link] inwards book was overstated by #100
b. purchases day book was undercast by #300
c. The closing balance of the cash book had a debit of #2000 instead of #2100
d. Credit sales of #250 to Olembe was credited to his personal account.
e. An amount of #500 received from Kunle has not been posted to the cash book.
f. Discount received and allowed of #250 and #100 had not been posted to the cash book.
g. Goods worth #600 returned to a supplier were entered in his personal account as #1050.
You are required to :
1. Journalize the errors
2. Write up the suspense account
SOLUTION:

jOURNAL
DR # CR #
A. Returns inwards account 100
Suspense account 100
Correction of overcast of returns inwards
b. Purchases account 300
Suspense account 300
Overcast of purchases by #300 now corrected

cash account 100

Suspense account 100
Correction of misposting of figures to the account
d. Olembe account 500
Suspense account 500
Correction of reversal of entry in Olembe account
e. Kunle account 500
suspense account 500
Correction of omission of #500 from Kunle account
f. Discount received account 250
suspense account 250
correction of omission of discount received from the cash book
Discount allowed account 100
Suspense account 100
Correction omission of discount allowed from the cash book
Supplier account 450
Suspense account 450
Correction of misposting of figures to the account

Not[Link]The balance should be #2000 instead of #2100 therefore (#2100-#2000)=#100 must be

credited to cash book in order to reduce the balance therein
D:since the entry has been reversed the amount should be multiplied by 2 i.e#250x2=#500
g. The value of goods returned was #600 but #1050 was debited to the supplier account .In
order to correct the account ,#450( #1050-#600)
must be credited to the supplier

DR suspense account CR
Returns inwards 100 bal b/f 500
Cash book 100 purchases 300
Kunle 500 Olembe 500
Discount received 250 discount allowed 100
____ _____
1400 1400
___ ____

EVALUATION;Mention four disclosed errors and briefly explain

ASSIGNMENT :Take assignment from simplified and amplified book- keeping and accounting
revision question2 and 3 page 150

TRADING PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AND BALANCE SHEET(FINAL ACCOUNT)

The final account is a statement that details the financial transactions of an organization
covering a period of time, usually a year.
The final accounts of a sole trader comprise the following
1. Trading account
2. Profit and loss account
3. balance sheet

DEFINITION OF TERMS AS USED IN FINAL ACCOUNTS OF A SOLE TRADER

Trading Account: This is an account prepared to disclose gross profit . Gross profit is the profit
on the activities of buying and selling [Link] could also be describe as the excess of revenue
over cost of goods sold .
Profit and loss account: This is the account that discloses the net profit or net loss of an
organization. All revenue expenditure are deducted from the gross profit to know if the
organization is making profit or not.
Balance Sheet: A balance sheet is a list of the assets and liabilities of a business at a particular
date .It shows the position of a business at a particular period of time
Purchases :These are goods bought with an intention of reselling .Only items bought for resale
are debited to the trading account as purchases and those items bought for usage in the
business are debited as assets
Sales: Sales is the term used for the goods that are bought for resale in the [Link]
bought for usage but later sold are referred to as [Link] difference between the sales and
the sales return is the turnover of the business.
Opening/ closing stock: The stock of goods available for sale at the beginning of an accounting
period is referred to as opening stock while the stock of goods at the end of an accounting
period is the closing stock
Return inward/ outward: Return inward is used to describe goods returned to an organization
by a customer while goods returned by an organization to the supplier are returned outward.
Returns outward is deducted from purchases while return inward is deducted from sales
Carriage Inward/Outward: Carriage inward is the term used to describe the cost of
transportating goods to the organization .It is usually added to the cost of purchases. Carriage
outward on the other hand , is the term used to describe cost of transporting goods to the
customers . This is also called carriage on sales and it is deducted as an expense.
Cost of goods available for sale
This is the total amount of goods available for sale in a particular period . It is arrived at after
adding purchases to the cost of opening stock.
Cost of goods sold or cost of sale:
This is the amount that arrives while cost of closing stock is deducted from the cost of goods
available for sale.
Goods Withdrawn
It is also known as drawings .It is the cost of goods taken by the owner of a business for private
use
Gross Profit:This is the profit on sales of goods before the expenses are deducted
Net Profit :This is the trader ‘s income after deducting all expenses for a particular period of
time .When the expenses are higher than the revenue or income then we have net loss.
PREPARATION OF FINAL ACCOUNT OF A SOLE TRADER
The following are the steps involved in the preparation of final account of a sole trader:
STEP1; Balance all ledger accounts and prepare a trial balance at the date to which the trading
and profit and loss account is to be prepared
STEP2 :Prepare the trading account .The balances on the sales ,sales return ,purchases and
purchases return are transferred to the trading account through journal entries
STEP3. The profit and loss account follows the trading account without a break and they share
common headings .All expenses included in the trial balance are deducted from the the gross
profit to arrive at the net profit or loss
STEP4: Prepare a balance sheet by listing and grouping the assets and liabilities of the business
under the fixed assets current assets current liabilities long term liabilities and capital

LAYOUT OF BALANCE SHEET

T. FORMAT OF BALANCE SHEET
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DEC. 2000

# #
Capital xx fixed assets:
Add net profit x land and building x
___-_ plant and machinery x
Xx premises x
Less cash or goods drawing x equipment x
___ motor van x
X fixtures and fittings x
___ xx
Long term liabilities
% debenture x
Bond x

Current liabilities
Loan x investment x
Creditors x current assets
Bank overdraft x stock x
___ x debtor x
Bank x
Cash in hand x
_____ ___
Xx xx
_____ ___

EVALUATION:Differentiate between assets and liabilities with examples

ASSIGNMENT:The following balances were extracted from the books of Bose Adetoro
enterprises as at 31st Dec. 1983
Capital 335955
Drawings 110420
Cash at bank 129000
Debtors 112300
Creditors 301065
Land and building 150000
Furniture 140000
Machinery 160000
Stock at close 121560
Net profit for the year 286260
You are required to prepare the balance sheet as at 31st dec.1883