The Error That Would Be Detected by a Trial Balance

question 17

Multiple Choice

The error that would be detected by a trial balance is:

• A)office salaries recorded as office expenses.
• B)a sales person pocketed cash from a cash sale that they did not ring up on the register.
• C)a purchase of inventory on credit was recorded as a cash transaction.
• D)a cash sale of $273 was recorded as $237 in the sales account and recorded correctly in the cash account.

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