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A-LevelAccountingReconciliation and verification9706/12 · Oct/Nov 2023 · Q111 Mark

A credit customer gave cash to a sales ledger clerk in part settlement of her debt. The clerk was dishonest and kept the cash for himself. He entered the receipt in the customer's sales ledger account but made no entry in the cash book. What caused the theft to be discovered?

Abank reconciliation statement was prepared.
Bsales ledger control account reconciliation statement was prepared.
Cstatement of account was sent to and checked by the customer.
Dtrial balance was extracted from the books of account.

✓ Correct answer

B: sales ledger control account reconciliation statement was prepared.

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Reconciliation and verification, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 11.

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