# Error of commission

> Error of commission — The right amount posted to the wrong account of the right type — a payment applied to the wrong customer, an expense coded to the wrong department. Debits still equal credits, so the trial balance will not find it.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/error-of-commission
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**What is error of commission?** In accounting, error of commission means the right amount posted to the wrong account of the right type — a payment applied to the wrong customer, an expense coded to the wrong department. Debits still equal credits, so the trial balance will not find it.

## Words this system refuses for it

- error of principle (wrong type of account)

- **Category:** Core ledger
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** trial-balance, account, expense