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A-LevelAccountingAccruals and PrepaymentsOct/Nov 2015Paper 1 Q81 Mark

At 1 January 2014 a business had prepaid rent of $700. In July it paid an invoice for $9300 and on 31 December it transferred an expense of $9000 to the income statement. Which value appeared in the statement of financial position at 31 December 2014?

A$400 other payables
B$400 other receivables
C$1000 other payables
D$1000 other receivables

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2015 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Accruals and Prepayments and is worth 1 mark.

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