Accounting 0452 · IGCSE · Irrecoverable debts and provision for doubtful debts

Irrecoverable debts and provision for doubtful debts — practice question

Once a trader had finished her year-end financial statements, she realised that an adjustment to decrease the provision for doubtful debts by $100 had been omitted. What effect did this mistake have on the trader’s statement of financial position?

  • Acurrent assets overstated $100; capital overstated $100
  • Bcurrent assets overstated $100; capital understated $100
  • Ccurrent assets understated $100; capital overstated $100
  • Dcurrent assets understated $100; capital understated $100

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