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O-LevelAccountingVerification of accounting records7707/11 · May/June 2022 · Q91 Mark

What is an example of a compensating error?

Apayment for office equipment repairs was debited to the office equipment account.
Bpurchase of goods from C Jones was credited to the account of C Johns.
CThe sale of goods, $65, to A Aziz was entered in the books as $56.
DThe wages account was undercast by $100 and the rent account was overcast by $100.

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D: The wages account was undercast by $100 and the rent account was overcast by $100.

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Verification of accounting records, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Accounting, May/June 2022 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 9.

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