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A-LevelAccountingErrors and Suspense AccountsOct/Nov 2009Paper 1 Q71 Mark

A business has discovered several errors in its sales ledger. All the accounts in the other ledgers have been entered correctly. Which error will not affect the agreement of the trial balance?

Asale to Clark of $2000 was debited to Clarkson's account.
Bsale to Garcia of $100 was entered in Garcia's account as $1000.
Csale to Wong of $4700 was omitted from Wong's account.
Dsales return of $1200 was debited to Khan's account.

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2009 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Errors and Suspense Accounts and is worth 1 mark.

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