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O-LevelAccountingAccounting proceduresOct/Nov 2020Paper 1 Q131 Mark

Rashid provided the following information at 31 December. $ machinery at cost 52000 provision for depreciation of machinery 23000 Depreciation for the year is calculated at 20% on cost. After the statement of financial position was prepared it was found that the machinery repairs costing $2000 had been debited to the machinery account. What is the correct balance on the provision for the depreciation of machinery account?

A$21000
B$22600
C$23400
D$25000

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About This O-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Accounting (7707) Oct/Nov 2020 examination, Paper 1 Variant 3. It tests the topic of Accounting procedures and is worth 1 mark.

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