The total of the debit column of the trial balance exceeds that of the credit column by $27.Which of the following errors could NOT have caused this?
A) a credit of $13.50 inadvertently posted to the debit of the account concerned
B) an item of $27 debited,but not credited to any account
C) omission of a credit purchase of $27 from the journal
D) in posting a transaction to the ledger,the credit was correctly recorded as $36,but the debit was recorded as $63.

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An omission of a credit purchase from the journal would not affect the trial balance as it would not be recorded in either the debit or credit columns, thus not causing an imbalance.

The Total of the Debit Column of the Trial Balance