Question

A journal entry for a payment for rent expense was posted as a debit to Salaries Expense and a credit to Cash. Which of the following statements correctly states the effect of the error on the trialâ balance?

A. The sum of the credits will equal the sum of the debits.
B. The sum of the debits will exceed the sum of the credits by .
C. The sum of the debits will exceed the sum of the credits by .
D. The sum of the credits will exceed the sum of the debits by .

Answer 1

A). The sum of the credits will equal the sum of the debits.

Step-by-step explanation:

journal entry journal entry can be regarded as record of the business transactions which is made in a accountingbooks of a business.

journal entry that is documented properly will contains correct date as well as amounts to be debited and description of the transaction, it contain amount to be credited as well as a unique reference number.Note that "There is equal amount of credit as well as debit in a journal entry"

Trial balance can be regarded as report that give lists of balances of all general ledger accounts in a firm at a particular point in time, there is compilation of all ledger balance into debit as well as credit account column totals. As rule in trial balance, the total of the debit balances as well as credit balances that is been extracted from the ledger must tally with each other.