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A-LevelAccountingControl AccountsMay/June 2018Paper 1 Q61 Mark

Errors can exist in the preparation of both the sales ledger and the sales ledger control account. Which error would require an adjustment in the sales ledger control account only to correct it?

Asales journal being overcast
Bsales transaction amount originally entered incorrectly
Csales transaction omitted completely
Dsales transaction recorded in wrong customer account

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Control Accounts and is worth 1 mark.

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