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A-LevelAccountingCapital and Revenue ExpenditureOct/Nov 2016Paper 1 Q81 Mark

An item of capital expenditure has been incorrectly treated as revenue expenditure in the financial statements of a business. What is the effect of this error on the financial statements of the business? assets profit A overstated overstated B overstated understated C understated overstated D understated understated

Aoverstated overstated
Boverstated understated
Cunderstated overstated
Dunderstated understated

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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 Capital and Revenue Expenditure and is worth 1 mark.

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