Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Preparation of financial statements

Preparation of financial statements — practice question

At the end of the year on 31 December, closing inventory of $5000 was entered wrongly in the financial statements as $3000. What impact will this have on the financial statements for the year?

  • Aprofit for the year: no effect; total assets: understated
  • Bprofit for the year: overstated; total assets: overstated
  • Cprofit for the year: understated; total assets: no effect
  • Dprofit for the year: understated; total assets: understated

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