AccountingCode 7707

Corrections of errors

What this topic asks you to be able to do

  • how errors are corrected through journal entries
  • how a suspense account is used for a short time to make the two sides of the trial balance agree
  • the procedure for putting right mistakes with a suspense account
  • how the profit or loss of an accounting period is adjusted once errors have been corrected
  • the impact that correction of errors has on the statement of financial position