A sole trader who maintains incomplete records wants to convert the system to double-entry bookkeeping in order to prepare the final accounts at the end of the financial year. Arrange the following steps in the correct procedural sequence required to complete this conversion.
- 1Prepare the opening Statement of Affairs by listing opening assets and liabilities to calculate the opening capital.
- 2Summarize the Cash Book and bank statements to compute total cash receipts, cash payments, and closing cash/bank balances.
- 3Construct the Sales Ledger and Purchases Ledger Control Accounts to ascertain missing figures for total credit sales and credit purchases.
- 4Extract a Trial Balance from the posted double-entry ledger accounts to verify the arithmetic equality of debits and credits.
- 5Draft the Trading, Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet incorporating all year-end adjustments.
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The correct procedural order is: (1) Prepare the opening Statement of Affairs to determine opening capital, (2) Summarize cash and bank transactions, (3) Construct control accounts for total sales and purchases, (4) Extract a Trial Balance to confirm double-entry accuracy, and (5) Draft the Trading, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
Converting single-entry records into full double-entry final accounts requires a strict logical sequence: first, compute opening capital by drawing up an opening Statement of Affairs. Second, summarize cash/bank receipts and payments to trace missing transactions. Third, build Sales and Purchases Ledger Control Accounts to determine total sales and purchases. Fourth, post all double entries and extract a Trial Balance to verify debit-credit agreement. Finally, compile the Trading, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
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Conversion of Incomplete Records to Double Entry System