Principles of Accounting Volume 1
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Chapter 3, Problem 8TP
Analyze Trusty Company’s
A. what is causing the trial balance to be out of balance
B. any other errors that require corrections that are identified during your analysis
C. the effect (if any) that correcting the errors will have on the
A review of transactions revealed the following facts:
• A service fee of $18,000 was earned (but not yet collected) by the end of the period but was accidentally not recorded as revenue at that time.
• A transposition error occurred when transferring the account balances from the ledger to the trial balance. Salaries expense should have been listed on the trial balance as $64,500 but was inadvertently recorded as $46,500.
• Two machines that cost $9,000 each were purchased on account but were not recorded in company accounting records.
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