On January 1, 2020, Paula Fernandes started a new business called Wicked Dance. Near the end of
Question:
On January 1, 2020, Paula Fernandes started a new business called Wicked Dance. Near the end of the year, she hired a new bookkeeper without checking references or requesting an academic transcript. As a result, a number of mistakes have been made in preparing the following trial balance:
Paula?s analysis of the situation has uncovered these errors:
a. The sum of the debits in the Cash account is $37,175 and the sum of the credits is $30,540.
b. A $275 payment from a credit customer was posted to Cash but was not posted to Accounts Receivable.
c. A credit purchase of office supplies for $400 was not posted at all.
d. A transposition error occurred in copying the balance of the Services Revenue account to the trial balance. The correct amount was $23,250.Other errors were made in placing account balances in the wrong trial balance columns and in taking the totals of the columns.
Required
Prepare a corrected trial balance.
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Fundamental Accounting Principles Volume I
ISBN: 978-1260305821
16th Canadian edition
Authors: Kermit Larson, Tilly Jensen, Heidi Dieckmann