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What Is the Difference Between a Correcting Entry and an Adjusting

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What is the difference between a correcting entry and an adjusting entry?


A) Correcting entries are updates required to bring accounts to the correct balances as of a certain date.Adjusting entries fix mistakes in the accounting system.
B) Correcting entries require one journal entry to fix and adjusting entries require two entries to fix.
C) Correcting entries fix mistakes in the accounting system.Adjusting entries are not mistakes but updates required to bring accounts to the correct balances as of a certain date.
D) Correcting entries and adjusting entries are the same type of entry just labelled differently.

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