A company failed to post a $50 debit to the Office Supplies account.The effect of this error will be that:
A) The Office Supplies account balance will be overstated.
B) The trial balance will not balance.
C) The error will overstate the debits listed in the journal.
D) The total debits in the trial balance will be larger than the total credits.
E) The trial balance will be in balance.

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The error will cause the trial balance to not balance because the total debits will not equal the total credits.

A Company Failed to Post a $50 Debit to the Office