5 A AFME TRIAL BALANCE, RECTIFICATION OF ERRORS
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What is a Trial Balance in accounting?
A Trial Balance is a statement listing all ledger account balances at a specific date to verify that total debits equal total credits, confirming arithmetical accuracy of the books.
What is the difference between a Trial Balance and a Balance Sheet?
Trial Balance checks arithmetic accuracy; Balance Sheet shows financial position.
What is the primary purpose of preparing a Trial Balance?
The primary purpose is to check the arithmetical accuracy of ledger postings and to serve as a basis for preparing the final accounts of a business.
What is an error of partial omission in accounting?
Only one aspect of a transaction is recorded, not both sides.
Which errors are revealed by a Trial Balance?
A Trial Balance reveals errors of posting (wrong amount posted), errors of casting (totalling mistakes), and errors where only one side of an entry is posted.
Which errors are revealed by a Trial Balance but hidden in individual accounts?
Errors like transposition errors that cause unequal totals are revealed.
Which type of errors are NOT detected by a Trial Balance?
Errors of omission, errors of commission (posting to wrong account), errors of principle, and compensating errors are not detected by a Trial Balance because they do not affect the equality of debits and credits.
What is a transposition error in accounting?
Digits of a number are reversed while posting, e.g., 54 written as 45.
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