Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.13E

(a)

To determine

T-account:

T-account refers to an individual account, where the increases or decreases in the value of specific asset, liability, stockholder’s equity, revenue and expenditure items are recorded.

This account is referred to as the T-account, because the alignment of the components of the account resembles the capital letter ‘T’.’ An account consists of the three main components which are as follows:

  1. (a) The title of the account
  2. (b) The left or debit side
  3. (c) The right or credit side

Trial balance:

Trial balance is the list of accounts, and their debit and credit balances at a given time.  It is usually prepared at end of the accounting period.  Debit balances are listed in left   column and credit balances are listed in right column.  The totals of debit and credit column should be equal.  Trial balance is useful in the preparation of the financial statements.

To post:  The transactions to T-accounts.

(b)

To determine

To prepare:  a trial balance at October 31, 2017.

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Chapter 3 Solutions

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition

Ch. 3 - Prob. 11QCh. 3 - Prob. 12QCh. 3 - Prob. 13QCh. 3 - Prob. 14QCh. 3 - Prob. 15QCh. 3 - (a) When entering a transaction in the journal,...Ch. 3 - (a) Should accounting transaction debits and...Ch. 3 - Journalize these accounting transactions. (a)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 19QCh. 3 - Prob. 20QCh. 3 - Prob. 21QCh. 3 - Prob. 22QCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.2BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.3BECh. 3 - For each of the following accounts, indicate the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.6BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.7BECh. 3 - Tilton Corporation has the following transactions...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.9BECh. 3 - Selected transactions for Montes Company are...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.11BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.12BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.1DIECh. 3 - Prob. 3.2DIECh. 3 - Prob. 3.3DIECh. 3 - Prob. 3.4DIECh. 3 - Prob. 3.5DIECh. 3 - Prob. 3.1ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.2ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.3ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.4ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.5ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.6ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.7ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.8ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.9ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.10ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.11ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.12ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.13ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.14ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.15ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.16ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.17ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.18ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.19ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.20ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.21ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.22ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.1APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.6APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.7APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.8APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.9APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.10APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.11APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.6EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.7EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.8EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.9EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.11EYCTCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1IFRS
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