On January 1, 2023, Paula Fernandes started a new business called Wicked Dance. Near the end of

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On January 1, 2023, Paula Fernandes started a new business called Wicked Dance. Near the end of the year, she hired a new bookkeeper without checking references or requesting an academic transcript. As a result, a number of mistakes have been made in preparing the following trial balance:


Paula’s analysis of the situation has uncovered these errors:
1. The sum of the debits in the Cash account is $37,175 and the sum of the credits is $30,540.
2. A $275 payment from a credit customer was posted to Cash but was not posted to Accounts Receivable.
3. A credit purchase of office supplies for $400 was not posted at all.
4. A transposition error occurred in copying the balance of the Services Revenue account to the trial balance. The correct amount was $23,250.
Other errors were made in placing account balances in the wrong trial balance columns and in taking the totals of the columns.


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Prepare a corrected trial balance.

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Fundamental Accounting Principles Volume 1

ISBN: 9781260881325

17th Canadian Edition

Authors: Kermit D. Larson, Heidi Dieckmann, John Harris

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