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A-LevelAccountingFinancial StatementsOct/Nov 2025Paper 1 Q41 Mark

An item of capital expenditure has been treated as revenue expenditure. What is the effect on the non-current assets and on the loss for the year? non-current assets loss for the year A overstated overstated B overstated understated C understated overstated D understated understated

Aoverstated, overstated
Boverstated, understated
Cunderstated, overstated
Dunderstated, understated

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2025 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Financial Statements and is worth 1 mark.

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