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A-LevelAccountingFundamentals of AccountingMay/June 2010Paper 1 Q11 Mark

An item of capital expenditure has been incorrectly treated as revenue expenditure in the accounts of a business. What is the effect of this error on the accounts of the business?

Aassets overstated profit overstated
Bassets overstated profit understated
Cassets understated profit overstated
Dassets understated profit understated

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2010 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Fundamentals of Accounting and is worth 1 mark.

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