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A Level Accounting (9706)•9706/12/O/N/18
Question 8 from 9706/12/O/N/18

Explanation

Correcting misrecorded income as expense with suspense imbalance Steps:

  • Correct entry: Debit Bank 1,800,CreditInterestIncome1,800, Credit Interest Income 1,800,CreditInterestIncome1,800.
  • Error: Bank debited 1,800correctly,butInterestExpensealsodebited1,800 correctly, but Interest Expense also debited 1,800correctly,butInterestExpensealsodebited1,800 (as expense), creating excess debits of $3,600.
  • Imbalance: Trial balance excess debit 3,600,balancedbyCreditingSuspense3,600, balanced by Crediting Suspense 3,600,balancedbyCreditingSuspense3,600.
  • Correction: Reverse wrong debit by Crediting Interest Expense 1,800;clearSuspensebyDebiting1,800; clear Suspense by Debiting 1,800;clearSuspensebyDebiting3,600 and Crediting Interest Income $1,800.

Why D is correct:

  • D reverses the suspense imbalance from the double debit error and removes the incorrect expense debit, per suspense account rules for trial balance differences.

Why the others are wrong:

  • A: Debits expense (worsens error) and credits suspense (increases imbalance).
  • B: Transfers directly but ignores suspense from the $3,600 imbalance.
  • C: Clears partial suspense but fails to reverse the wrong expense debit.

Final answer: D

Topic: The accounting system

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