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Which of the following statements about the trial balance is incorrect?a.It is a list of balances from the ledger accountsb.It provides a useful check on the accuracy of the ledger accountsc.It calculates the profit or loss achieved by the businessd.The total value of debits must equal the total value of credits

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Which of the following statements about the trial balance is incorrect?a.It is a list of balances from the ledger accountsb.It provides a useful check on the accuracy of the ledger accountsc.It calculates the profit or loss achieved by the businessd.The total value of debits must equal the total value of credits

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The incorrect statement about the trial balance is c. "It calculates the profit or loss achieved by the business". A trial balance is used to check the mathematical accuracy of the ledger accounts and to ensure that for every debit entry, there is a corresponding credit entry. However, it does not calculate the profit or loss of the business. That is done in the income statement.

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Which of the following statements correctly explains how to prepare a trial balance? (Check all that apply.)Multiple select question.Verify that the total debit balances equals the total credit balances.Compute the total of debit balances and the total of credit balances.List each account title and its amount from the ledger.Total debit account balances do not have to equal total credit account balances in order for the financial statements to be prepared.

21.  Which of the following statements is incorrect concerning the adjusted trial balance?*a. an adjusted trial balance proves the equality of the total debit balances and the total credit balances in the ledger after all adjustments are madeb. the adjusted trial balance provides the primary basis for the preparation of financial statementsc. the adjusted trial balance lists the account balances segregated by assets and liabilitiesd. The adjusted trial balance is prepared after the adjusting entries have been journalized and posted

Which of the following statements explains what a trial balance is?Multiple choice question.A trial balance proves that debit balances equal debit balances within the general ledger.A trial balance is prepared before posting of any journal entries.A trial balance confirms that the sum of debit account balances equals the sum of credit account balances.A trial balance confirms that no mistakes were made in recording transactions.

Which of these errors will cause the Trial Balance to be out of balance?Select one:a.All of these errors.b.Purchase of supplies for cash pf P 1,500 is posted as debit to Cash and credit to Supplies Expense.c.A collection from a customer of P250 was recorded as debit to Accounts Receivable and credit to Cash for the same amount.d.Sales on credit of P850 were recorded as debit to Accounts Receivable of P850 and credit to Sales of P580.

The trial balance is a list of the accounts that have balances in the ledger.  True False

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