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Rectification of Casting Errors

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Which account will be affected by an error of casting in sales book?

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Casting means adding the total amount of the ledger accounts. Error of casting in Sales Book only affects the Sales A/c, as the total of this book is undercast or overcast. Thus, it will lead to a mismatch in the debit and credit balances of Trial Balance.

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