He tried going back and simply paying for the items he had stolen, but they said the accounting system would show an error for such a strange action.

他试着回去为他偷了的东西付款，可是他们说商店的收银系统没法让他这样付账。(注：大概东西已经不在了，没有货品可以代码扫入？)

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The present accounting system in university, due to adopting cash-basis accounting system, results in different accounts, inaccurate accounting items and nonstandard financial report.

现行高校会计制度由于采用收付实现制而导致账实不符，且会计科目不准确、财务报告不规范。

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