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Rs 25,000 paid to a supplier was posted to his account as Rs 2,500. This is an error of:
ACommission
BOmission
CPrinciple
DCompensation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Commission
The cash book was right but the ledger posting carried a wrong amount, which is a clerical error of commission.
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