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Which type of error occurs when credit sale is wrongly posted to purchases book?

A

Error of commission

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Error of omission

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Compensatory error

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Error of principle

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Solution

The correct option is B Error of commission
When a transaction is posted wrongly then it is known as error of commission.

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