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A-LevelAccountingReconciliation and verification9706/12 · Oct/Nov 2016 · Q61 Mark

At the end of the year, the balance on a firm's sales ledger control account was $12900. The total of the customers' accounts in sales ledger was $11900. The following errors were then discovered. 1 A customer's account had been undercast by $700. 2 A contra with a supplier in the purchases ledger of $200 had only been entered in the sales ledger control account. 3 The discount allowed column in the cash book totalled $500. This had not been posted to the nominal ledger. What was the correct balance on the sales ledger control account?

A$11200
B$11400
C$12000
D$12400

✓ Correct answer

D: $12400

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Reconciliation and verification, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2016 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 6.

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