Which one of the following errors is most likely to be revealed by the preparation of a trial balance even if a trial balance is in balance? a. A debit or a credit amount posted to the correct side but to the wrong account. b. Business transactions totally omitted from the books of the company. c. Business transactions recorded in the books but wih both the debit and credit misstated by equal amounts. d. none among the given choices

Which one of the following errors is most likely to be revealed by the preparation of a trial balance even if a trial balance is in balance? a. A debit or a credit amount posted to the correct side but to the wrong account. b. Business transactions totally omitted from the books of the company. c. Business transactions recorded in the books but wih both the debit and credit misstated by equal amounts. d. none among the given choices

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Chapter2: T Accounts, Debits And Credits, Trial Balance, And Financial Statements

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Problem 8E: Would the following errors cause the trial balance to have equal or unequal totals? As a result of...

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Would the following errors cause the trial balance to have equal or unequal totals? As a result of the errors, which accounts are overstated (by how much) or understated (by how much)? a. A purchase of office equipment for 380 was recorded as a debit to Office Equipment for 38 and a credit to Cash for 38. b. A payment of 280 to a creditor was debited to Accounts Receivable and credited to Cash for 280 each. c. A purchase of supplies for 245 was recorded as a debit to Equipment for 245 and a credit to Cash for 245. d. A payment of 76 to a creditor was recorded as a debit to Accounts Payable for 76 and a credit to Cash for 67.
The company in the following question has made errors in accounting for the given transaction. State how these errors affected the financial statements. Your response should include both the direction of the effect (understatement / overstatement) and the amount of the effect for assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity. If your response is “No Effect”, please choose this option – no partial credit will be given for blank responses even if you “meant” no effect. (Hint: Think about what the correct way (or amounts) of accounting for the transaction would be, and compare it to what the company in the question actually did). Assume that Illini Chemicals had, instead of amortizing 20 percent of the R&D costs (as stated in the previous question), amortized 40 percent of the R&D costs during 2020. What would the impact of this amortization be on operating cash flows for the 2020 fiscal year (ignoring the impact of taxes)?
Which of the following error will be called as an Error of Principle? a. A transaction is written without knowing the fundamental knowledge of accounting b. A transaction is written partially in the books of accounts c. A transaction is posted wrongly in the books of accounts d. A Transaction is not recorded completely in the books of accounts
Indicate which of the following errors, each considered individually, would cause the trial balance totals to be unequal:a. A fee of $21,000 earned and due from a client was not debited to Accounts Receivableor credited to a revenue account, because the cash had not been received.b. A receipt of $11,300 from an account receivable was journalized and posted as a debit of $11,300 to Cash and a credit of $11,300 to Fees Earned.c. A payment of $4,950 to a creditor was posted as a debit of $4,950 to Accounts Payable and a debit of $4,950 to Cash.d. A payment of $5,000 for equipment purchased was posted as a debit of $500 to Equipment and a credit of $500 to Cash.e. Payment of a cash withdrawal of $19,000 was journalized and posted as a debit of $1,900 to Salary Expense and a credit of $19,000 to Cash.Indicate which of the preceding errors would require a correcting entry.
Indicate which of the following errors, each considered individually, would cause the trial balance totals to be unequal:a. A fee of $21,000 earned and due from a client was not debited to Accounts Receivable or credited to a revenue account, because the cash had not been received.b. A receipt of $11,300 from an account receivable was journalized and posted as a debit of $11,300 to Cash and a credit of $11,300 to Fees Earned.c. A payment of $4,950 to a creditor was posted as a debit of $4,950 to Accounts Payable and a debit of $4,950 to Cash.d. A payment of $5,000 for equipment purchased was posted as a debit of $500 to Equipment and a credit of $500 to Cash.e. Payment of a cash withdrawal of $19,000 was journalized and posted as a debit of $1,900 to Salary Expense and a credit of $19,000 to Cash.Indicate which of the preceding errors would require a correcting entry.
Which of the following errors will cause the trial balance totals to be unequal? A. posting the debit portion of a journal entry incorrectly when the credit portion of the entry is correctly posted B. recording the same transaction more than once C. recording the same erroneous amount for both the debit and the credit parts of a transaction
While in the process of posting from the journal to the ledger a company failed to post a $500 credit to Accounts Receivable. The effect of this error will be that Group of answer choices A. Accounts Receivable will be understated. B. the error will overstate the debits listed in the journal. C. the trial balance will not balance. D. the total credits in the trial balance will be larger than the total debits.
Which of the following is provided by a trial balance inwhich total debits equal total credits?a. Proof that no transaction was completely omitted fromthe ledger during the posting process.b. Proof that the correct debit or credit balance has beencomputed for each account.c. Proof that the ledger is in balance.d. Proof that transactions have been correctly analyzed andrecorded in the proper accounts.
21.Which of the following errors will not cause the debit and credit columns of the trial balance to be unequal? a. A debit was entered in an account as a credit. b. The balance of an account was incorrectly computed. c. The account balance was carried to the wrong column of the trial balance. d. A debit entry was recorded in the wrong account.
Which of the following errors would cause a trial balance to have unequal totals? Explain your answers. a.A payment to a creditor was recorded as a debit to Accounts Payable for $129 and as a credit to Cash for $102. b.A payment of $150 to a creditor for an account payable was debited to Accounts Receivable and credited to Cash. c.A purchase of office supplies of $420 was recorded as a debit to Office Supplies for $42 and as a credit to Cash for $42. d.A purchase of equipment for $450 was recorded as a debit to Supplies for $450 and as a credit to Cash for $450.
I have an accounting question. I am trying to do an unadjusted trial balance, and I believe I have made a mistake by putting a debit in the "credit" column or vice versa, but I cannot figure out exactly what I have done. Could you tell me what should go in the debit column and what should go in the credit column when I am doing an unadjusted trial balance?
For each of the following situations, indicate whether itrepresents an accounting error and explain why it is or isnot an error. Also state whether a trial balance would indicate that an error exists for each situation.d. The debit side of a journal entry was recorded in theaccounts, but the credit side was not.