Question

A post-closing trial balance will reflect balances, after closing entires have been posted to reset the temporary accounts as follows:
A) zero balances for balance sheet accounts.
B) Balances only showing in income statement accounts
C) Balances only showing for balance sheet accounts.
D) zero balances for all accounts.

Answer 1

Answer: C) Balances only showing for balance sheet accounts.

Explanation:

A Post-Closing Trial Balance is used to match debits with credits to ensure that they are equal. It will however contain no items from the Income statement because those were considered to be temporary accounts that are part of the calculation of Retained Earnings and have thus have been dissolved during the Closing process.

This Trial Balance will therefore only have Balance Sheet items listed in it.