Goods costing Rs. 5000 taken by the proprietor for personal use were not recorded. This is an error of ___________.
A
Omission
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B
Comission
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C
Principal
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D
Compensating
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Solution
The correct option is A Omission In accounting, the error of omission occurs when both the entries required for a transaction are completely omitted from the books.
In this case, the above transaction not being recorded results in the error of ommission.