WAEC Accounting 2019 Objective — Question 20

Question 20 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Accounting 2019 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Goods bought from Samah for Le 1,600 was entered into Shamail's Account. This is an error of

A. compensation
B. commissionCorrect
C. original entry
D. principle

Explanation

When an account is entered in a different nature of same category (i.e. a supplier's account entered under a different but similarly-natured supplier's account), this is an error of commission.

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