It is difficult to record all international transactions accurately. Thus, there is a third element of Balance of Payment (BOP) (apart from the current and capital accounts) which adjusts inaccuracies to some extent that is called;

Errors and Omissions

The correct answer is Option (3) → Errors and Omissions

• The Balance of Payments is designed to be a self-balancing account, meaning the total credits (money coming into the country) should equal total debits (money leaving the country).

• In practice, however, it is impossible to record all international transactions with perfect accuracy. Transactions may be missed, misreported, or recorded with a time lag.

• To ensure the accounts mathematically balance, a residual category called Errors and Omissions is included. It is the net result of all the inaccuracies in the current and capital/financial accounts.