FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING - ACCESS
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Chapter 2, Problem 20Q
To determine
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A trial balance can be defined as a list of accounts in a double-entry book, showing the net balance in the accounts on a specific day.
The preparation of a trial balance helps a company to identify any errors that might have occurred in the double-entry accounting system. It is considered to be balanced when the total debits is equal to the total credits. Hence, it helps in checking the numerical equality of debits and credits after posting of accounts is done. In case, if there arises any discrepancies in the debit total and the credit total, then it indicates some kind of error in transferring, adding, balancing, or while preparing the trial balance statement.
To explain: Whether the given errors would prevent the trial balance from balancing, when errors are considered separately
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