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A-LevelAccountingReconciliation and verification9706/12 · May/June 2023 · Q61 Mark

Which error would not affect the agreement of the totals of a trial balance?

Acredit note for $56 received from a supplier was entered in the book of prime entry as $65.
BGoods taken for own use by the owner for $180 were debited to the cash account and debited to the drawings account.
CThe discounts received total in the cash book was not transferred to the general ledger.
DThe purchases returns account was understated by $50 and the cash account was overstated by $50.

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A: credit note for $56 received from a supplier was entered in the book of prime entry as $65.

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Reconciliation and verification, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, May/June 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 6.

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