When do we write suspense accounts in rectification of error?

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Hey Antra,
The basic purpose of opening the Suspense A/c is to be rectify the one sided error which may arise due to the mismatch of the debit and credit side of Trial Balance. As and when the error is detected and rectified it gets closed automatically.

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