Which of the following error can affect the agreement of trial balance?

Wrong totaling of subsidiary books.

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Error of principle.

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Compensating errors.

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All of the above.

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Solution

The correct option is C Wrong totaling of subsidiary books.
Error of principle and compensating error cannot be disclosed from the trial balance as these are double sided error. In both the types of error, trial balance will not have any affect.

Wrong total of subsidiary books will surely affect the trial balance as its a single side error. For example, sales day book totaled as Rs. 4500 instead of Rs.5400.

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Q. Which of the following statements is/are true?
(i) An error in casting the subsidiary books is an error of commission.
(ii) An error in wrong casting of the sales day book will not affect the personal accounts of debtors.
(iii) Mistake in transferring the balance of an account to the trial balance will not affect the agreement of the trial balance.
(iv) The mistake of treating a liability as an income or vice versa will not affect the agreement of a trial balance.
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State whether the following statements are True or False-

1) A trial balance can agree in spite of certain errors.
2) Errors committed due to lack of accounting knowledge are errors of omission.
3) Trial balance is prepared from the balance of ledger accounts.
4) Rectification entries are passed in cash book.
5) Single sided errors affect only one account.
6) Suspense account is automatically closed after rectification of all errors.
7) Errors affecting the agreement of trial balance are called on side errors.
8) There is no need to open a suspense account if the trial balance agrees.
9) All the errors can be rectified only through suspense account.
10) Compensating errors affect the agreement of trial balance.

Give one word/term on phrase for each of the following statements.

1) Errors of incorrect entries or wrong posting.
2) Account to which difference in trial balance is transferred.
3) Errors which are committed by clerks.
4) Transaction remained to be recorded at all in the books of accounts.
5) Error in which the effect of one mistake is nullified by another mistake.
6) An entry passed to cancel wrong effects given and give correct effects to accounts affected.
7) Errors of calculation.
8) Error which affects the agreement of trial balance.
9) Error which are not disclosed by the trial balance.
10) Taking the Total more while closing books of accounts

Q. Which of the following errors will affect agreement of trial balance?

Q. Which of the following errors will not affect the agreement of trial balance?

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