Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · The trial balance

The trial balance — practice question

Tahir compiled a trial balance. He put both the balance on the discount allowed account, $900, and the bank overdraft, $750, into the incorrect column. Which total on the trial balance was greater, and how much difference was there between the debit total and the credit total?

  • Acredit column; $300
  • Bcredit column; $1650
  • Cdebit column; $150
  • Ddebit column; $3300

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