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O-LevelAccountingVerification of accounting records7707/12 · May/June 2024 · Q81 Mark

The totals of a trial balance did not agree and $200 was debited to a suspense account. The book-keeper then checked the books and found the following two errors. 1. A sales invoice for $700 had been recorded in the sales journal as $770. 2. The sales journal had been totalled incorrectly. What error was made when the sales journal was totalled?

Aovercast by $130
Bovercast by $200
Cundercast by $130
Dundercast by $200

✓ Correct answer

B: overcast by $200

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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 2024 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 8.

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