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A-LevelAccountingBank ReconciliationMay/June 2013Paper 1 Q71 Mark

At the financial year end of a business the following information is available. [Table: debit balance on the bank statement 1000, unpresented cheques 300, lodgements not yet credited by the bank 600, bank charges and interest charged not yet entered in the cash book 150] What is the current balance in the cash book?

A$400 credit
B$400 debit
C$550 credit
D$550 debit

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2013 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Bank Reconciliation and is worth 1 mark.

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