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A-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements9706/12 · May/June 2024 · Q121 Mark

The draft profit for a business was $64 000 before the following information was taken into account. • An allowance for irrecoverable debts was maintained at 2% of trade receivables. The total of trade receivables was $150 000 at the beginning of the period and $220 000 at the end of the period. • On the last day of the period $4000 was recovered from a trade receivable that had been written off as irrecoverable. What is the revised profit for the period?

A$58 600
B$62 600
C$63 600
D$66 600

✓ Correct answer

D: $66 600

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Preparation of financial statements, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 12.

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