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Acc/531 Week 3

Satisfactory Essays

1. What is the difference between an account and a ledger?
Account is a place where transactions are recorded and Ledger is a place where accounts are maintained.
2. Do the terms debit and credit signify increase or decrease or can they signify either? Explain.
They can signify either
(+|-) (-|+)
Assets, Dividends, and Expenses hold a +,-
All other accounts hold a -,+.
3. McIntyre Company adheres to a policy of depositing all cash receipts in a bank account and making all payment by check. The cash account as of Dec. 31st has a credit balance of $1850, and there is no un-deposited cash on hand.
(a) Assuming no errors occurred during journalizing or posting, what caused this unusual balance?
(b) Is the $1850 credit balance in the cash account …show more content…

eCatalog Services Company performed services in October for a specific customer, for a fee of $7,890. Payment was received the following November.
(a) Was the revenue earned in October or November?
(b) What accounts should be debited and credited in
(1) October and
(2) November?
(a) October
(b) (b) In October you would debit accounts receivable and credit, fees earned in November you would debit cash and Credit accounts receivable
5. If the two totals of a trial balance are equal, does it mean that there are no errors in the accounting records? Explain.
No, you could have a transposition or slide error that equals out across the accounting equation.
6. Assume that when a purchase of supplies of $2,650 for cash was recorded, both the debit and the credit were journalized and posted as $2,560.
(a) Would this error cause the trial balance to be out of balance?
(b) Would the trial balance be out of balance if the $2650 entry had been journalized correctly but the credit to Cash had been posted as $2560?
(a) No, because your debits equal credits
(b) (b) Yes
7. Assume that a trial balance is prepared with an account balance of $8,900 listed as $9800 and an account balance of $1,000 listed as $100 . Identify the transposition and the

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