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A-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements9706/12 · May/June 2016 · Q131 Mark

X and Y were in partnership sharing profit and losses equally. They then admitted Z into the partnership and profits and losses were still shared equally. The following transactions took place. 1 Z introduced capital of $50000. 2 Goodwill was valued at $30000. No goodwill account is kept in the books of account. 3 X took a computer from the business at a value of $3000. After these transactions had taken place, the balance on X's capital account was $60000. What was the opening balance on X's capital account?

A$55000
B$58000
C$65000
D$75000

✓ Correct answer

B: $58000

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Preparation of financial statements, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 13.

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