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El-Hoss

Errors Not Affecting the Trial Balance


With these types of errors, the debit and credit columns of the Trial Balance will still
be the same total.
These errors are corrected by means of JOURNAL ENTRIES.
Types of errors:
1. Errors of Commission correct amount but wrong persons account eg
entered the amount into Davies account instead of Davids account.
Journal entry cancel out of the wrong persons account and put it into the
correct persons account
2. Errors of Principle the transaction was entered into the wrong type of
account eg entered the amount into the asset Vehicles instead of the expense
Motor Expenses
Journal Entry cancel out of the wrong account and put it into the correct
account
3. Errors of Original Entry the wrong amount was entered into the ledger
accounts. Eg 100 instead of 1000

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Journal entry entry for the difference between the correct and incorrect
amounts
4. Errors of Omission a transaction which was not entered in the books at all.
Eg an entry which should have been put in the sales day book
Journal entry the entry will be the same as you would post from the day book
concerned
5. Compensating errors errors which cancel each other out eg when balancing
the ledger account, the purchases account was added up by 100 too much as
was the Sales account.
Journal entry cancel the error by putting the amount on the opposite sides of
each account
6. Complete Reversal - the amount is entered on the wrong sides of both
accounts
Make sure the amount is DOUBLED

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The double-entry for correction of errors not affecting the Trial Balance

1- Errors of Commission: D Short paid us by cheque $500 on 18th May 20X8.


It is correctly entered in the cash book, but it is entered by mistake in the
account for D. Small. We find the error on May 3 l 20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

D Short

500

D Small
Narrative

500

Correction of error of
commission.

Dr
May 18
Dr
May 31

Bank

D Small Account
$
500
May 31

Cr
D. Short

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D Short Account
D Small

$
500

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$
500
Cr
$

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2- Errors of Principle: The purchase of a motor vehicle $55,500 by cheque on 14


May 20X8 has been debited in error to a motor expenses account. In the cash
book it is shown correctly. We find the error on May 31 20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

Motor Vehicle

55,500

Motor Expenses
Narrative

55,500

Correction of error of
principle.

Dr
May 14

Dr
May 31

Bank

Motor Expenses Account


$
55,500
May 31

Motor Vehicle Account


$
55,500

Motor
Vehicle

Motor
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Expenses

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Cr
$
55,500

Cr
$

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3- Errors of Original Entry: Sales of $1500 on May 13 20X8 to T. Biggins


have been entered as both a debit and credit entry of $1300 to the correct
accounts. We find the error on May 31 20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

T. Biggins

200

Sales
Narrative

200

Correction of error of
original entry.

Dr

Sales Account
$

Dr
May 13
May 31

May 13

T. Biggins

May 31

T. Biggins

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Sales
Sales

T. Biggins Account
$
1,300
200

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Cr
$
1,300
200
Cr
$

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4- Errors of Omission: A firm purchased goods from T Slope on May 13 20X8


for $2500 but forgot to enter them into the accounts. We find the error on
May 31 20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

Purchases

2,500

T Slope
Narrative

2,500

Correction of error of
ommission.

Purchases Ledger

Dr

T Slope Account
$
May 31

Cr
Purchases

$
2,500

General Ledger
Dr
May 31

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Purchases Account
T Slope

$
2,500

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Cr
$

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5- Compensating Errors: A firms Sales Day Book added up incorrectly to $100 to


much but by coincidence so did the Purchases Day Book. We find the error on
May 31 20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

Sales

100

Purchases
Narrative

100

Correction of
compensation error.

General Ledger

Dr
May 31

Purchases

Sales Account
$
100
May 31

Total Sales
Day Book
(Overcast
by $100)

Cr
$
9,500

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Dr
May 31

Total
Purchases
Day Book
(Overcast
by $100)

Purchases Account
$
4,500
May 31

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Cr
Sales

$
100

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6- Complete Reversal of Entries: We pay a cheque to D Charles on 28 May


20X8. However the $2,000 is entered as a debit entry in the cash book (Bank)
and a credit entry in the D Charles account. We find the error on May 31
20X8.
Journal
Date
Details
Dr
Cr
20X8

May 31

Sales

100

Purchases
Narrative

100

Correction of
compensation error.

General Ledger

Dr
May 31

Bank (Cash Book) Account


$
D Charles
4,000
May 28
(Double to
cancel out
and correct
error)

D. Charles

Cr
$
2,000

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Purchases Ledger
Dr
May 28

D Charles Account
$
2,000
May 31

Bank
(Cash
Book)

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Bank
(Double to
cancel out
error and
put on
correct side)

Cr
$
4,000

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