Identify the Effect (A Through H) That Omitting Each of the Following

question 75

Multiple Choice

Identify the effect (a through h) that omitting each of the following items would have on the balance sheet.
-An attorney has earned half of a retainer fee that was received and recorded last month. No adjustment was recorded for the amount earned.

• A)Assets and owner's equity overstated
• B)Assets and owner's equity understated
• C)Assets overstated and owner's equity understated
• D)Assets understated and owner's equity overstated
• E)Liabilities and owner's equity overstated
• F)Liabilities and owner's equity understated
• G)Liabilities overstated and owner's equity understated
• H)Liabilities understated and owner's equity overstated

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