Which of the following errors is not detected by Trial Balance ........

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Which of the following errors is not detected by Trial Balance?

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A credit purchase of Rs 1,000 from Mr. Singh is credited wrongly to the account of Mr. Akash

A credit purchase of Rs 20,000 from Mr. Sandhu is recorded in the day book as Rs 2,000

Conversion of a temporary shed into a permanent building is recorded as repairs and maintenance expense

Error in posting from the book of subsidiary record to the ledger

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Explanation:

Let's break this down option by option:

- Option 1: If a credit purchase from Mr. Singh is credited to Mr. Akash’s account, the overall debit and credit amounts are still the same. It’s just the wrong person’s account. Trial Balance won’t catch this because totals still match.

- Option 2: If you record Rs 20,000 as Rs 2,000, your debit and credit are both short by Rs 18,000. So, your Trial Balance is off. Easy to spot.

- Option 3: This is about classifying an expense wrong (capital expense treated as a regular expense). The debit and credit match, but they go to wrong accounts. Trail Balance won’t show this error.

This is the right answer.

- Option 4: Posting errors could lead to totals not matching, so the Trial Balance usually catches it.