1. An analysis of the receivables as at the end of the year of Madeni Limited revealed the following

age	balance in ksh '000'
current	3400
1 to 30 days	1200
31 to 60 days	2700
61 to 90 days	2300
91 to 120 days	1400
121 to 180 days	700
181 to 365 days	1000
over 365 days	1300
	14000

From experience, the company estimates that 1% of the current debtors will not pay, 3% of debtors between 1-30 days will not pay, 5% of the debtors between 31-60 days will not pay, 7% of the debtors between 61-90 days will not pay, 10% of the debtors between 91-120 days will not pay, 15% of the debtors between 121-180 days will not pay, 20% of the debtors between 181-365 days will not pay and 50% of the over 365 days old debtors will not pay.

Required: a) Using the Aging Method, determine the balance of allowance for doubtful debts as at the end of the year (10 marks)

b) Pass the journal entry needed. The beginning balance for the Allowance for Doubtful accounts is Ksh 1,750,000 (5 marks)

2. Madeni Limited installed a new milk processing machine that was imported from Holland and below are the costs recorded by the accountant up to the point when the machinery started running.

Cost of the machinery - Ksh 7,800,000 Freight and insurance costs from Amsterdam to Nairobi Ksh 550,000 Five years comprehensive maintenance contract cost at Ksh 450,000 per annum Clearance costs paid to the clearing and forwarding agent - Ksh 210,000 Rebate from plant manufacturer - Ksh 620,000 Settlement discount for prompt payment at 15% of the cost net of the rebate Initial testing costs - Ksh 345,000 Annual insurance for the machinery Ksh 730,000 Import duties and taxes paid Ksh 2,050,000 Monthly utility bills (water & electricity) attributable to running the new plant Ksh 185,000 Partitioning and fabrication costs to install the new plant Ksh 588,000

Required: (i) Find out the costs to be capitalized (5 marks)

(ii) Madeni Limited capitalized the above machinery on 1st July 2018. The asset was deemed to have an estimated residual value of Ksh 2,000,000 and a useful life of 10 years. The machinery was thereafter sold for Ksh 6,500,000 on 31 December 2020, the last day of the accounting year of the business in order to be replaced with a higher capacity machine. To make the sale, the Madeni Limited had to incur dismantling costs and costs of transporting the machine to the buyer's premises. These amounted to KSh 700,000.

Required: Compute the profit or loss on disposal of the equipment assuming Madeni Limited uses the straight line method of depreciation (10 marks)