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A-LevelAccountingReconciliation and verification9706/12 · May/June 2025 · Q131 Mark

A bookkeeper is given the task of reconciling the sales ledger control account with balances in the sales ledger at the end of each month. The sales ledger control account showed a debit balance of $26000 before the bookkeeper discovered the following: 1 Contra entries of $1800 in the sales ledger had been omitted from the control account. 2 Discounts allowed of $3600 had been debited to the sales ledger control account. 3 The allowance for irrecoverable debts had been increased by $1200. What is the correct figure for trade receivables at the end of the month?

A$15800
B$17000
C$18800
D$20 600

✓ Correct answer

B: $17000

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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 2025 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 13.

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