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A-LevelAccountingThe accounting cycle9706/12 · Feb/Mar 2025 · Q21 Mark

On the first day of a financial period, before trading started, a business owner introduced her personal items to the business, consisting of goods costing $5000. Which entries should have been made to record this?

Aaccount debited: drawings, account credited: purchases
Baccount debited: inventory, account credited: capital
Caccount debited: inventory, account credited: drawings
Daccount debited: purchases, account credited: capital

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B: account debited: inventory, account credited: capital

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The accounting cycle, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Feb/Mar 2025 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 2.

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