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Inventory Valuation and Bank Reconciliation

Quick questions on Control accounts explained: O-Level Principles of Accounts

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What is the sales ledger control account?
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It behaves like one big receivable account:
What is the purchases ledger control account?
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It behaves like one big payable account:
What is q1?
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State which control account each belongs in: discount allowed, credit purchases, receipts from customers. [3 marks]
What is q2?
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Opening receivables \10,000,creditsales, credit sales \25,00025,000, receipts \22,000,salesreturns, sales returns \1,0001,000. State the closing receivables. [2 marks]
What is q3?
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Explain what it means if the control account balance does not equal the total of the personal accounts. [2 marks]

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