Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN: 9780133866292

Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura

Publisher: PEARSON

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If total debits equal total credits on the trial balance, is the trial balance error-free? Explain your answer.

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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)

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If total debits equal total credits on the trial balance , is the trial balance error-free? Explain your answer.

Solution Summary: The author explains that equal debit and credit balances will not account for an error-free trial balance. Accountants could have missed recording the entry itself.

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