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O-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements7707/11 · Oct/Nov 2012 · Q111 Mark

On which side of the following accounts would an entry be made to transfer the total of the account to the income statement at the end of the financial year?

Asales account: debit, carriage inwards account: debit, purchases returns account: debit
Bsales account: debit, carriage inwards account: credit, purchases returns account: debit
Csales account: credit, carriage inwards account: debit, purchases returns account: debit
Dsales account: credit, carriage inwards account: credit, purchases returns account: credit

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B: sales account: debit, carriage inwards account: credit, purchases returns account: debit

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Preparation of financial statements, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2012 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 11.

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