Journalize correcting entries for each of the following errors. A cash purchase of office equipment for $635 was journalized as a cash purchase of store equipment for $635. (Use the ruling method; assume that the entry has not been posted and the incorrect accounts have been crossed out.) An entry for a $260 payment for office supplies was journalized as $620. (Use the ruling method; assume that the entry has not been posted. Also assume that the $620 amounts in the journal entry have been crossed out.) A $480 payment for repairs was journalized and posted as a debit to Equipment instead of a debit to Repair Expense. (Use the correcting entry method to journalize the correction. Use the one-step approach.) A $750 bill for vehicle insurance was received and immediately paid. It was journalized and posted as $640. (Use the correcting entry method to journalize the correction. Use the one-step approach.)   GENERAL JOURNAL PAGE       DATE DESCRIPTION DOC. NO.   POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT 20--             a. Office Equipment                   Cash                     Bought office equipment.         b. Office Supplies                   Cash                     Bought office supplies.                    (One-Step Approach)   c.                                         To correct error in which Equipment was debited instead of Repair Expense.         d.                                         To correct error in which a $750 payment was recorded as $640.

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Journalize correcting entries for each of the following errors.

  1. A cash purchase of office equipment for $635 was journalized as a cash purchase of store equipment for $635. (Use the ruling method; assume that the entry has not been posted and the incorrect accounts have been crossed out.)
  2. An entry for a $260 payment for office supplies was journalized as $620. (Use the ruling method; assume that the entry has not been posted. Also assume that the $620 amounts in the journal entry have been crossed out.)
  3. A $480 payment for repairs was journalized and posted as a debit to Equipment instead of a debit to Repair Expense. (Use the correcting entry method to journalize the correction. Use the one-step approach.)
  4. A $750 bill for vehicle insurance was received and immediately paid. It was journalized and posted as $640. (Use the correcting entry method to journalize the correction. Use the one-step approach.)

 

GENERAL JOURNAL PAGE      
DATE DESCRIPTION DOC. NO.   POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT
20--            
a. Office Equipment           
       Cash           
         Bought office equipment.  
     
b. Office Supplies           
       Cash           
         Bought office supplies.  
     
           (One-Step Approach)  
c.            
                  
         To correct error in which Equipment was debited instead of Repair Expense.  
     
d.            
                  
         To correct error in which a $750 payment was recorded as $640.  
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