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O-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements7707/11 · Oct/Nov 2015 · Q181 Mark

Alice took goods for her own use but did not enter this in her accounting records. She made an adjustment for these goods in the year-end financial statements. How did this adjustment affect the gross profit and the closing capital?

Agross profit: increase ✓
Bgross profit: decrease ✓, closing capital: decrease ✓
Cclosing capital: decrease ✓
Dclosing capital: no effect ✓

✓ Correct answer

B: gross profit: decrease ✓, closing capital: decrease ✓

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Preparation of financial statements, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source
O-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2015 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 18.

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