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A-LevelAccountingDouble Entry BookkeepingMay/June 2021Paper 1 Q91 Mark

A trader purchased fixtures and fittings on credit from a supplier. These were faulty and were returned to the supplier. Which entry in the trader's books of account recorded the return?

Aaccount to debit: fixtures and fittings, account to credit: purchases returns
Baccount to debit: fixtures and fittings, account to credit: supplier
Caccount to debit: purchases returns, account to credit: fixtures and fittings
Daccount to debit: supplier, account to credit: fixtures and fittings

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Double Entry Bookkeeping and is worth 1 mark.

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