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A-LevelAccountingPreparation of Financial Statements (Sole Traders)Feb/Mar 2022Paper 1 Q111 Mark

A capital account for a sole trader contained three entries, in addition to the opening and closing balances. What did these entries represent?

Adebit side: capital introduced, credit side: drawings, loss for the year
Bdebit side: capital introduced, drawings, credit side: profit for the year
Cdebit side: drawings, loss for the year, credit side: capital introduced
Ddebit side: profit for the year, credit side: capital introduced, drawings

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Feb/Mar 2022 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Preparation of Financial Statements (Sole Traders) and is worth 1 mark.

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