Preparing a trial balance and the errors it does and does not reveal.
The trial balance lists all account balances to check that total debits equal total credits.
Preparing it
- Debit balances: assets, expenses, drawings.
- Credit balances: capital, liabilities, income (sales).
If the columns are equal, the books are arithmetically correct.
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