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O-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statementsOct/Nov 2024Paper 1 Q141 Mark

Hamid owns a grocery store. He bought a motor vehicle, $2000, and fuel, $50. Both of these amounts were incorrectly debited to the purchases account. What was the effect of this error on the income statement for the year?

Agross profit: overstated $2000, motor vehicle expenses: overstated $2050
Bgross profit: overstated $2050, motor vehicle expenses: overstated $50
Cgross profit: understated $2000, motor vehicle expenses: understated $2050
Dgross profit: understated $2050, motor vehicle expenses: understated $50

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About This O-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Accounting (7707) Oct/Nov 2024 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Preparation of financial statements and is worth 1 mark.

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