Wakanda is an African-focused company in the sales of super-tech wrist watches with corporate logos. The wrist watches are purchased and sold in bulk on credit. The accountant is currently carrying out a reconciliation of the payables and receivables ledger control account balances, which are ₦218,320,000 and ₦172,120,000, respectively, to the total of the balances on the individual accounts in the payables and receivables ledgers, which are ₦197,660,000 and ₦156,134,000 respectively for the month of March 2019.

The following has been detected:

(i) Cash received of ₦1,070,000 has been debited to the individual customer’s account in the accounts receivable ledger.

(ii) The total of discount received for the month, amounting to ₦17,150,000, has not been entered in the control account but has been entered in the individual ledger accounts.

(iii) A supplier credit balance of ₦2,050,000 has been incorrectly treated as a debit.

(iv) A cheque for ₦2,555,000 from a customer has been dishonoured. The correct double entry has been posted, but the individual accounts have not been updated.

(v) A petty cash payment to a supplier amounting to ₦630,000 has been correctly treated in the control account, but no entry has been made in the supplier’s individual ledger account.

(vi) A payment of ₦322,000 from a customer has been incorrectly entered in the accounts receivable ledger as ₦233,000.

(vii) The purchases daybook total for March has been undercast (understated) by ₦20,000,000.

(viii) Total credit sales of ₦4,500,000 to an accountancy firm, TQ and Associates, have been posted correctly to the ledger account but not recorded in the control account.

(ix) Contras (set-offs) with the receivables ledger, amounting in total to ₦20,040,000, have been correctly treated in the individual ledger accounts but no entry has been made in the control account.

(x) Discounts allowed totalling ₦120,000 have not been entered in the control account.

Required:

a) Prepare the Trade Payable Ledger Control Account and reconcile this to the sum total of the individual accounts in the Trade Payable Ledger. (10 Marks)

b) Prepare the Trade Receivable Ledger Control Account and reconcile this to the sum total of the individual accounts in the Trade Receivable Ledger. (10 Marks)

a. Trade Payable Ledger Control Account

Description Debit (₦’000) Credit (₦’000)
Balance b/f 218,320
Purchases 20,000
Discount Received 17,150
Contra with Receivables Ledger 20,040
Balance c/f 201,130
Total 238,320 238,320

Reconciliation of Trade Payables Ledger Balance

Description Amount (₦’000)
Balance as per individual ledger 197,660
Supplier credit balance misposted 4,100
Petty cash payment not posted (630)
Adjusted Balance 201,130

b. Trade Receivable Ledger Control Account

Description Debit (₦’000) Credit (₦’000)
Balance b/f 172,120
Contra with Payables Ledger 20,040
Credit Sales 4,500
Discounts Allowed 120
Cheque dishonoured 2,555
Cash received (double posted ₦1,070) (2,140)
Misposting of Payment (₦322k – ₦233k) 89
Balance c/f 156,460
Total 174,884 174,884

Reconciliation of Trade Receivables Ledger Balance

Description Amount (₦’000)
Balance as per individual ledger 156,134
Dishonoured cheque 2,555
Misposting of Payment (₦322k – ₦233k) 89
Cash received (double posting) (2,140)
Adjusted Balance 156,460
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