Which of the following would cause a trial balance to be out of balance?
A)A transaction was recorded twice.
B)A transaction was not recorded.
C)A transaction was posted to the wrong accounts.
D)Only the credit portion of a transaction was recorded.

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A trial balance is an internal report that lists all accounts and their balances to check on the equality of total recorded debits and total recorded credits.If only the credit of a transaction was recorded,the trial balance would not be in balance.The other errors listed (recording a transaction twice,not recording a transaction,or posting the transaction to the wrong accounts)would result in a trial balance that would still be in balance even though various account balances would be misstated.

Which of the Following Would Cause a Trial Balance to Be