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Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« on: November 06, 2009, 03:22:19 pm »
what does O/F and C/F mean in the marking schemes of the papers?

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Re: Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 03:30:48 pm »
Would c/f mean carried forward?

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Re: Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 03:46:47 pm »
i thought so too.. but wat abt O/F

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Re: Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 07:00:33 pm »
O/F means "Own Figure"
Ive seen it in the accounting mark schemes, and in that context, its used when a particular figure is already calculated before, and is used again in another place.. for eg, [i hope ure an accounting student]
(In the accounting context)- If u calculate the value of your debtors by means of a total debtors a/c (control a/c), then whatever figure you get, u'll insert it in the balanceSheet as the debtors in the current assets section. however, if the value of debtors that u calculated was wrong in the total debtors a/c, then obviously the figure in the balancesheet would also be wrong and hence, it wouldnt match. But applying the O/F rule, they wouldnt deduct marks for the debtors figure in the balancesheet. they'll only deduct marks in the total debtors a/c, so u wont get penalised 10 times for doing 1 mistake .. just once, even if ure balancesheet does not match!! Hope you got it! :)

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Re: Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2009, 07:30:53 pm »
oh ryt! now it makes sense :) ah thank you :) much appreciated

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Re: Meaning of O/F and C/F from marking schemes
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2009, 08:39:24 pm »
Anytime :D
O/F is a life saver! I would've been screwed without it! I end up loosing so many marks cause of a single calculation gone wrong, and then the whole net profit etc goes wrong, but thanks to O/F, no double penalising! :)