Consider each of the following errors individually and indicate which of the errors would cause the trial

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Consider each of the following errors individually and indicate which of the errors would cause the trial balance totals to be unequal:
a. A payment of $2,500 to a creditor was posted as a debit of $2,500 to Accounts Payable and a debit of $2,500 to Cash.
b. A fee of $5,000 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.
c. A receipt of $3,000 from an account receivable was journalized and posted as a debit of $3,000 to Cash and a credit of $3,000 to Fees Earned.
d. A payment of $9,000 for equipment purchased was posted as a debit of $9,000 to Equipment and a credit of $9,000 to Cash.
e. Payment of a cash withdrawal of $13,000 was journalized and posted as a debit of $3,000 to Salary Expense and a credit of $13,000 to Cash.
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0176509743

Volume 1, 2nd canadian Edition

Authors: Carl warren, James Reeve, Jonathen Duchac, Sheila Elworthy,

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