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What is the accounting treatment of errors happened in previous year (after closing the prior year books)?

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Question added by Rami Alqiq , Finance Manager , Dur Alkuttab Company Limited
Date Posted: 2016/10/19
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Maryl Sheina Ng
by Maryl Sheina Ng , Finance and Commercial Manager , Servita Consulting DMCC

If it involves correction of a P&L account/transaction, then adjustment to your RE should be done. But for Balance sheet, then you just need to do the adjusment in the related balance sheet account without affecting RE.

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by MARLON QUILANG ASUNCION , Senior Accountant , Al Shouhra Trading Co., W.L.L. (Chalhoub Group)

Any errors from previous reporting period must be reported as Prior Period Adjustment booked as adjustment to Retained Earnings.

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