If a recorded transaction shows that both accounts have the correct debits and credits, the debit and credit entries in the ledger align and the trial balance remains unaffected. The debited account is credited and the credited account is debited. The correct entry should have twice the amount to erase the effect of the incorrect entry and establish the correct entry. Interest charged by the bank, $148, was entered in the debit side of the cash book and posted to the credit of the interest account.Explanation
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Complete Reversal of Entries FAQs
After complete reversal of entries, the company's cash book will show a debit balance instead of a credit balance and that too double the actual amount. Now, if we follow this formula, then the credit balance should be double of the debit balance which means $6912 should be the answer.
By using the complete reversal of entries method, we will get an idea about the errors in transactions and we will be able to pinpoint which transaction is wrong.
The numerical value of an account's balance is also affected by debit and credit treatment. For example, if there is a $10 debit balance in an account, it means that it has a negative balance and its total assets are lower than its total liabilities. By contrast, a credit balance means that the account's assets are greater than its liabilities.
Partial reversal means undoing only a portion of transactions while complete reversal means undoing all the transactions done in error. Thus, it becomes necessary to reverse all transactions because we can't undo some and leave other as they are as this will affect other future transactions as well.
A reversing entry can be termed as journal entry which is used for recording transactions after accounting errors.
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