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A-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements9706/12 · May/June 2017 · Q171 Mark

Which statement about ordinary shares is correct?

Adividends on ordinary shares are an appropriation of profit
Bdividends on ordinary shares are paid at the same rate each year
Cordinary shares are never issued at a premium
Dthe holders of ordinary shares are creditors of a company

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A: dividends on ordinary shares are an appropriation of profit

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Preparation of financial statements, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Accounting, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 17.

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