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A-LevelAccountingInterpretation of Financial StatementsMay/June 2012Paper 1 Q181 Mark

For some years a business has given 2% cash discount to its customers and lost 3% of its inventory to pilferage by staff. On 1 January, the business changed the rate of cash discount to 5% and introduced a new inventory control system that stopped the pilferage. Which effect do these changes have on the gross profit to sales ratio? change in cash discount new inventory control system decrease no effect increase no effect no effect decrease no effect increase

Adecrease no effect
Bincrease no effect
Cno effect decrease
Dno effect increase

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2012 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Interpretation of Financial Statements and is worth 1 mark.

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