Session 7: Financial Reporting and Analysis: An Introduction Reading 30: Financial Reporting Mechanics
LOS c: Explain the process of recording business transactions using an accounting system based on the accounting equations.
Which of the following least accurately describes a correct use of double-entry accounting?
A) |
A transaction may be recorded in more than two accounts. | |
B) |
A decrease in a liability account may be balanced by a decrease in another liability account. | |
C) |
An increase in an asset account may be balanced by an increase in an owner’s equity account. | |
Keeping the accounting equation in balance requires double-entry accounting, in which a transaction has to be recorded in at least two accounts. An increase in an asset account, for example, must be balanced by a decrease in another asset account or by an increase in a liability or owners’ equity account. A decrease in a liability account may be balanced by an increase in another liability account, not a decrease. If two liabilities decrease without a balancing entry, the balance sheet will be out of balance. |