***** bookkeeper

My father passed away in February and I was appointed Executor of his Estate. My father was employed by Pioneer Foods as a Contract Driver and he had a bookkeeper who handled all his finances. My father had savings with his bookkeeper but he never knew that the account was in the bookkeeper's name. He usually put back money after his salary came in and I think the most money that he deposited back was about R65 000. In June of this year, Pioneer Foods deposited about R187 900 into our Estate Late account. The bookkeeper also deposited the money which was the savings of R198 000.

A couple of months ago I requested a detailed ledger from the bookkeeper and I noticed there was a credit amount in a suspense account of R313 552.06 dated the end of February when I asked him about it, he said that it was money that was brought over from the previous year.

On Monday, 13 December I asked the bookkeeper for a detailed explanation about the suspense account and he said the credit is there because my father's assets are more than his liabilities, which to my knowledge means the company has money. Yesterday, 14 December 2021 he changed his story and told me that we already received that money, which he claims was from Pioneer Foods and my father's savings (see attached the Nedbank statement), but what I noticed is that the credit amount in the suspense account has increased to R372 651.56. How can the money suddenly be more from August to December

On the detailed ledger, it stated the profit for 2020 was R508 347.58, but on the FINANCIAL STATEMENTS and according to the details with SARS it is R690 440. For 2021 he stated the profit is R609 647.76, but on the FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, it is R858 167.11.

Attached herewith are the detailed ledger for 2 years, emails, and other correspondence. I urgently need someone who can explain to me what is going on here. I have absolutely no idea what to do with this bookkeeper.

Please note the following:

Attachment (***) was printed on 14/12/2021 (TRIAL BALANCE 01/03/2021 TO 01/03/2022) which I received that same day.

Attachment (IMG_***.jpg) was printed on 12/08/2021) (TRIAL BALANCE 01/03/2020 TO 28/02/2021) which I personally collected at their offices in Malmesbury.

In the email dated 14 December 2021, Mr Van Zyl explained to me the purpose for the suspense account;

"Purpose of Suspens is an account where all the Balance Sheet account's balances are consolidated. It originated in from the first year everything was fully processed on pastel monthly. There is a credit because his assets are more than his liabilities. The Wait Account is a balancing account for all the balance sheet items that are rolled over annually. The difference in all the balances, there are no transactions taking place in the waiting account."

Remember, my late father has been with this bookkeeper for 17 years I think.