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A-LevelAccountingFinancial Statements of Sole TradersMay/June 2015Paper 1 Q91 Mark

A business has extracted the following information from its books of account at 31 December 2014, its first year of trading. $000 carriage inwards 12 carriage outwards 15 closing inventory 86 purchases 286 returns inwards 10 returns outwards 2 revenue 524 What is the gross profit for the year ended 31 December 2014?

A$301000
B$304000
C$320000
D$328.000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2015 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Financial Statements of Sole Traders and is worth 1 mark.

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