Rectification of Errors
Rectification of Errors
ERRORS
Trial Balance(Verifies the arithmetical accuracy)
may not Agree/tally
ErrorsOmission
of
Commission
ERRORS OF
PRINCIPLE
Transaction in contravention of accounting
principles
2,000
Reverse Entry:
Trade Payable Dr. 2,000
To Purchases Account
2,000
Correct Entry:
Machinery Account Dr. 2,000
To Trade Payable
2,000
Rectifications done through
“ P&L Adjustment A/c/Prior Period Items A/c
(Error’s ultimate effect on P&L A/c is considered)”
C
Q.2. If depreciation is excess charged by ₹ 500 and
closing stock is understated by ₹ 500, the net profit
will be _ due to these errors
Understated by ₹ 500
Understated by ₹1000
Overstated by ₹ 1000
No effect
B
Q.3. Sale of old furniture is erroneously entered in sales
book. Rectification entry will be:
A
Q.4. Which of the following errors will affect the trial
balance?
Repairs to building wrongly debited to Building A/c
A/c
Drawing A/c
Capital A/c
Trading A/c
A
Q.6. On purchases of old furniture, the amount spent on
its repair should be debited to
Repair A/c
Furniture A/c
Cash
A/c Bank
A/c
Q.7. Goods worth ₹ 272 returned by Lala passed
through the books as ₹ 722. The rectification entry is
–
Lala will be debited by ₹ 450
A
Q.8. Commission paid to Mr. Dixit ₹ 225 was posted twice to
Commission account. The rectification is done by –
Writing 'Error in Posting' ₹ 225 on credit side of Mr. Dixit A/c in
Ledger
C
Q.9. Rectification of which types of errors
requires opening of suspense A/c.
Errors of principle
Complete omission
Partial omission
Errors of commission
C
Q.10 ₹ 51000 received from Mohan but credited to Sohan
A/c. This is an error of .
Errors of principle
O mission
Commission
Compensating