Corporate Financial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305653535
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 3DQ
(a)
To determine
Owner withdrawals:
Owner withdrawals refer to the withdrawals of money by the owner from the business for his/her personal use. This decreases the owner’s equity account. As owner’s drawing account is increased by debits, and decreased by credits, it has a normal debit balance.
To discuss: The cause of the unusual balance of the cash account with a credit balance of $1,850, assuming that no errors have occurred during journalizing, and posting.
(b)
To determine
To identify: Whether the credit balance of $1,850 in the cash account is an asset, a liability, owner’s equity, revenue, or an expense.
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Frank Kane company adheres to a policy of depositing all cash receipts in a bank account and making all payments by check. The accounts as of July 31 has a credit balance of K225 and there is no undeposited cash on hand.
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b) Is the K225 credit balance in the cash account an asset, a liability, capital, a revenue or an expense?
Requirement 1:
ABC Company adheres to a policy of depositing all cash receipts in a bank account and making all payments by check. The cash account as of December 31 has a credit balance of $1,850, and there is no undeposited cash on hand. (a) Assuming that no errors occurred during journalizing or posting, what caused this unusual balance? (b) Is the $1,850 credit balance in the cash account an asset, a liability, owner's equity, a revenue, or an expense?
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Assume that DEF Company erroneously recorded the payment of $7,500 of owner withdrawals as a debit to Salary Expense. (a) How would this error affect the equality of the trial balance? (b) How would this error affect the income statement, statement of owner's equity, and balance sheet?
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