Given the Following List of Errors, Determine the Effect on Assets

question 41

Essay

Given the following list of errors, determine the effect on assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity by completing the chart below. Use (+) to indicate overstated, (-) to indicate understated, and (0) to indicate no effect. Transaction (a) is completed as an example.
a. The entry to record the purchase of $800 of equipment on account was never posted.
b. The entry to record the purchase of $100 of supplies for cash was posted as a debit to Supplies and a credit to Accounts Payable.
c. A $1,000 debit to Cash was posted as $100.
d. A $400 debit to the Accounts Payable account was never posted.
e. A debit to Accounts Receivable of $500 was posted as a credit to Accounts Receivable.
b.
c.
d.
e.

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Definitions:

Quick Ratio

A financial metric indicating a company's ability to meet short-term liabilities with its most liquid assets, excluding inventory.

Current Ratio

A financial metric used to measure a company's ability to pay its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Debt Ratio

A financial ratio that compares the amount of debt a company has to its total assets.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

A measure of how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a given period, indicating the efficiency of inventory management.