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A-LevelAccountingReconciliation and verification9706/12 · Feb/Mar 2019 · Q71 Mark

The balance on a sales ledger control account was $21500. This did not agree with the total of the sales ledger account balances. It was discovered that a credit note for $200 sent to a credit customer had been posted to the debit of the customer’s account. What was the total of balances in the business’s sales ledger before the error was corrected?

A$21 100
B$21300
C$21700
D$21900

✓ Correct answer

D: $21900

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Reconciliation and verification, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Feb/Mar 2019 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 7.

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