Question
Goods purchased from A for ₹10,000 passed through the sales book. The error will result in:
Solution
Purchases should be debited, but if wrongly recorded in the sales book, it results in an increase in both sales and gross profit. Since actual purchases are understated and sales are overstated, gross profit will be overstated, causing a fictitious increase in gross profit.
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