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To identify: The amount of difference between two trail balance columns.
2.
Introduction: Journal entry is a technique of booking and recording financial transactions on any company. Ledger is used to record all economic transactions of the account by account type, with debits and credits in separate columns and a beginning monetary balance and ending monetary balance for each account.
To identify: The trail balance column (debit or credit) with larger amount.
3.
Introduction: Journal entry is a technique of booking and recording financial transactions on any company. Ledger is used to record all economic transactions of the account by account type, with debits and credits in separate columns and a beginning monetary balance and ending monetary balance for each account.
To identify: the account affected by the error.
.Description of posting error | The account incorrectly stated) | |
a. | 3600 debit to rent expense is posted as a $1340 | Rent Expense |
b. | $6500 credit to cash is posted twice as two credits to cash | Cash |
c. | $10900 debit to the Dividends account is debited to common stock | Dividend and common stock |
d. | 2050 debit to prepaid insurance is posted as a debit to insurance expense | Prepaid insurance and insurance expense |
e. | 38000 debit to machinery is posted as a debit to account payable | Machinery and account payable |
f. | 5850 credit to service revenue us posted as a 585 credit | Service revenue |
g. | 1390 debit to tore supplies is not posted | Store supplies |
Introduction: Journal entry is a technique of booking and recording financial transactions on any company. Ledger is used to record all economic transactions of the account by account type, with debits and credits in separate columns and a beginning monetary balance and ending monetary balance for each account.
To identify: The amount by which the account in column (3) is under or overstated
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