Neco 2017 Financial Accounting Question 18

Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2017 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

Neco 2017 Financial Accounting Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 18 NECO • 2017 • FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING • objective

The Purchases Ledger opened with a debit balance of \(\text{\u20A6}45,000\). During the month the following entries were posted: a debit of \(\text{\u20A6}12,000\) for cash purchases, a credit of \(\text{\u20A6}8,000\) for purchase returns, and a credit of \(\text{\u20A6}5,000\) for payments to the supplier. The trial balance, however, shows the Purchases Ledger balance as a credit of \(\text{\u20A6}6,000\). Assuming only one credit entry was omitted, what is the amount of the missing credit entry?

Answer Options

A. 55,000
Correct Answer B. 50,000
C. 40,000
D. 45,000
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
50,000

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This is Neco 2017 Financial Accounting Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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