Which preceding errors would requite a correcting entry


Question:

Indicate which of the following errors, each considered individually, would cause the trial balance totals to be unequal:

a. A fee of $15,000 earned and due from a client was not debited to Accounts Receivable or credited to a revenue account, because the cash has not been received.

b. A receipt of $6,000 from an account receivable was journalized and posted as a debit of $6,000 to Cash and a credit of ^6,000 to Fees Earned.

c. A payment of $1,200 to a creditor was posted as a debit of $1,200 to Accounts payable and debit of $1,200 to Cash.

d. A payment of $10,000 for equipment purchased was posted as a debit of $1,000 to Equipment and a credit of $1,000 to Cash.

e. Payment of dividends of $10,000 was journalized and posted as a debit of $1,000 to Salary Expense and a credit of $10,000 to Cash.
Indicate which of the preceding errors would requite a correcting entry.

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