1. An account is a form designed to record changes in a particular asset, liability, owner’s equity,
2. The terms debit and credit may signify either an increase or a decrease, depending upon the nature of
3. a. Assuming no errors have occurred, the credit balance in the cash account resulted from drawing
4. a. The revenue was earned in October.
5. No. Errors may have been made that had the same erroneous effect on both debits and credits, such
7. a. No. Because the same error occurred on both the debit side and the credit side of the trial
8. a. The equality of the trial balance would not be affected.
b. On the income statement, total operating expenses (salary expense) would be overstated by
b. On the income statement, revenues (fees earned) would be overstated by $300,000, and net
income would be overstated by $300,000. On the statement of owner’s equity, the beginning
CHAPTER 2
ANALYZING TRANSACTIONS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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