The following errors occurred in the accounting records of True Time Security, Inc.: a. The company accountant

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The following errors occurred in the accounting records of True Time Security, Inc.:
a. The company accountant recorded the receipt of cash for service revenue by debiting Cash for $370 instead of the correct amount of $730. Service Revenue was also credited for $370, the incorrect amount.
b. A $500 purchase of supplies on account was recorded by debiting Accounts Payable and crediting Supplies.
c. The company accountant recorded a $1,750 payment of rent by debiting rent expense for $17,500 and crediting Cash for $17,500.
d. In recording a $870 payment on account, Accounts Receivable was debited and Cash was credited.

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1. Prepare the necessary journal entries to correct each of these errors.
2. For each of the errors, determine if the error would cause net income to be over- stated, understated, or unchanged.

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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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133052152

2nd edition

Authors: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright

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