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A-LevelAccountingBank ReconciliationOct/Nov 2016Paper 1 Q51 Mark

The year-end balance in the cash book was $23780. This was different from the balance on the bank statement. The difference was due to the following items. $ bank charges 216 a customer's cheque which was dishonoured 1375 a bank error meant a cheque was incorrectly debited to the bank account 560 What should be the value of bank in the statement of financial position?

A$21629
B$22189
C$25371
D$25931

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2016 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Bank Reconciliation and is worth 1 mark.

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