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The ruling method can be used if an error is discovered before or after an entry was posted. A line is drawn through the incorrect account title or amount and the correct account title or amount written immediately above. The person making the correction also includes his or her initials with the correction.
The correcting entry method is used if an error is discovered after an incorrectly journalized entry was posted. If the error consists of the wrong account(s), an entry is made to cancel out or reverse the incorrect account(s) and insert the correct account(s). The correcting entry must include an explanation.
On May 10, a $170 payment for Advertising Expense was incorrectly journalized and posted as a debit to Travel Expense for $170 and a credit to cash for $170. Provide the correcting entry following the one-step method.
Which of the following statements about a journal is false?
(a) It is not a book of original entry.
(b) It provides a chronological record of transactions.
(c) It helps to locate errors because the debit and credit amounts for each entry can be readily compared.
(d) It discloses in one place the complete effect of a transaction.
What is the answer to the journal entries that are incorrect?
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COLLEGE ACCOUNTING (LL)W/ACCESS>CUSTOM<
Ch. 4 - The part of the journal entry to be recorded first...Ch. 4 - A general journal is like a(n): a. address book....Ch. 4 - Why are check and invoice numbers included in the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 1.4SRQCh. 4 - Prob. 1.5SRQCh. 4 - Prob. 1.6SRACh. 4 - Prob. 2.1SRQCh. 4 - Prob. 2.2SRQCh. 4 - What is entered in the Posting Reference column of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 2.4SRE
Ch. 4 - Prob. 2.5SRECh. 4 - Prob. 2.6SRACh. 4 - What is recorded in the Posting Reference column...Ch. 4 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 4 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 4 - Prob. 4CSRCh. 4 - Prob. 5CSRCh. 4 - Prob. 1DQCh. 4 - Prob. 2DQCh. 4 - What is a ledger?Ch. 4 - What is posting?Ch. 4 - Prob. 5DQCh. 4 - Prob. 6DQCh. 4 - What is a compound journal entry?Ch. 4 - Prob. 8DQCh. 4 - Prob. 9DQCh. 4 - Prob. 10DQCh. 4 - Prob. 11DQCh. 4 - Prob. 1ECh. 4 - Prob. 2ECh. 4 - Prob. 3ECh. 4 - Compound journal entries. The following...Ch. 4 - Prob. 5ECh. 4 - Recording a correcting entry. On August 22, 2019,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 1PACh. 4 - On October 1, 2019, Helen Kennedy opened an...Ch. 4 - The following journal entries were prepared by an...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4PACh. 4 - Prob. 1PBCh. 4 - Prob. 2PBCh. 4 - Prob. 3PBCh. 4 - Prob. 4PBCh. 4 - Prob. 1CTPCh. 4 - Prob. 2CTPCh. 4 - Prob. 1MFCh. 4 - Prob. 2MFCh. 4 - Prob. 3MFCh. 4 - Prob. 4MFCh. 4 - Prob. 1ED
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- 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 transactionarrow_forwardReview and study the following journal entries and determine which entries have errors. All transactions are regular daily transactions (no adjusting entries). When looking for errors ask yourself does that transaction make sense? Once you discover an error, state how you would correct it.arrow_forward________ takes all transactions from the journal during a period and moves the information to a general ledger (ledger). A. Hitching B. Posting C. Vetting D. Laxingarrow_forward
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