Question: You entered all information in QuickBooks during setup in a conversion from a manual system to QuickBooks, including the transactions that make up the beginning balance in accounts receivable. The debits and credits in the ending balance in the general ledger trial balance are equal. When you compare the accounts receivable total in the general trial balance to the balance in the manual system, there is a j$2,500 difference. Your assistant suggests that you should make a general journal entry to correct the difference.

a. Can you now change the total in QuickBooks general ledger trial balance to make it equal the balance in the manual system?

b. How can you determine if the difference results from an error in the manual system or the information you entered in QuickBooks?

c. If there is an error in the QuickBooks accounts receivable balance, what likely caused the error?

d. Explain how you will correct the error if there is one.