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A-LevelAccountingPartnership AccountsMay/June 2021Paper 1 Q121 Mark

L and M are partners sharing profits and losses equally. This year M's share of the profit is $18000. Next year they plan to change the partnership agreement so that L has an annual salary of $10000 and a one-third share of any profits or losses. What does the total partnership profit for next year need to be for M to receive the same amount of profit as this year?

A$22000
B$34 000
C$37.000
D$42000

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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 Partnership Accounts and is worth 1 mark.

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