Accounting Errors—Transaction Errors
How would the following errors affect the account balances and the basic accounting equation,
Assets  Liabilities  Owners’ Equity? How do the misstatements affect income?
a. The purchase of a truck is recorded as an expense instead of an asset.
b. A cash payment on accounts receivable is received but not recorded.
c. Fictitious sales on account are recorded.
d. A clerk misreads a handwritten invoice for repairs and records it as $1,500 instead of $1,800.
e. Payment is received on December 31 for the next three months’ rent and is recorded as
revenue.