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A-LevelAccountingAccounting for non-current assets9706/12 · Oct/Nov 2015 · Q41 Mark

An item of revenue expenditure is wrongly treated as capital expenditure. What is the effect of this error?

Anon-current assets: overstated, profit for the year: overstated
Bnon-current assets: overstated, profit for the year: understated
Cnon-current assets: understated, profit for the year: overstated
Dnon-current assets: understated, profit for the year: understated

✓ Correct answer

A: non-current assets: overstated, profit for the year: overstated

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Accounting for non-current assets, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2015 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 4.

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