Practice questions -CASHBOOK
The following information pertains transactions for a bookshop for the month of
December 2023.
Dec 1 Balance brought forward from last month; Cash $295; Bank $4 240
2 Cash sales $310
3 Took $200 out of the cash till and paid it into the bank.
4 F Bell paid us by cheque $194.
5 We paid for postage stamps in cash $80.
6 Bought office equipment by cheque $310
7 We paid L Root by cheque $94.
9 Received business rates refund by cheque $115.
11 Withdrew $150 from the bank for business use.
12 Paid wages in cash $400.
13 Cash sales.
14 Paid motor expenses by cheque $81.
16 J Bull lent us $1 500 in cash.
20 K Brown paid us by cheque $174.
28 We paid general expenses in cash $35.
31 Paid insurances by cheque $320
REQUIRED
Write up a two column cash book from the above transactions and balance it off.(20
marks)
QUESTION 2
The following Trial balance was extracted from Soko on 31 DEC 2023.Prepare his
Income statement for the year ended 31 Dec 2023 and a Balance sheet as at that
date.
$ $
Sales 210 420
Purchases 108 680
inventory 9 410
Carriage outwards 1 115
Carriage inwards 840
Returns inwards 4 900
Returns outwards 3 720
Salaries and wages 41 800
Motor expenses 912
Rent 6 800
Sundry expenses 318
Motor vehicles 14 400
Fixtures and fittings 912
Accounts receivable 23 200
Accounts payable 14 100
Cash at bank 4 100
Cash in hand 240
Drawings 29 440
Capital 18 827
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