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From the following particulars, calculate total purchases :

Particulars₹
Sundry creditors on 1st January 201830,000
Paid cash to creditors1,20,000
Purchases returns15,000
Cash purchases2,25,000
Creditors on 31st December 201825,000
Tamil Nadu DgeTamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2020Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Credit purchases from the Total Creditors A/c = 1,30,000; add cash purchases 2,25,000; total purchases = 3,55,000.

To find total purchases from incomplete records, first prepare a Total (Sundry) Creditors Account to get the credit purchases, then add cash purchases.

Total Creditors Account

DrRs.CrRs.
To Cash (paid to creditors)1,20,000By Balance b/d (1.1.2018)30,000
To Purchase returns15,000By Credit purchases (bal. fig.)1,30,000
To Balance c/d (31.12.2018)25,000
1,60,0001,60,000
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