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( e ) On 1 July of 2 0 2 3 the company signed a contract to supply Compucom Ltd hard drives to the value

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On 1 July of 2023 the company signed a contract to supply Compucom Ltd hard drives to the value of R180,000 equally over the next 6 months (on the last day of every month). Delivery has been delayed as shipment of consumables that is required to manufacture the hard drives is only arriving in September. The first lot of hard drives will be delivered on 30 September 2023 and will include a catch up of delivery between July and September. Compucom however paid the full contract value on 1 July 2023.(3)
Prepare the accounting entries for the books as at 30 September 2023.
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See below details of trade receivables for Laptop Computers (Pty) Ltd:
Trade receivables at 31 December 2023 R250,832
Provision for doubtful debts at 1 January 2023 R10,548
Bad debts for the year ending 31 December 2023 were R12,972. No entry has yet been passed.
Further to this the company policy is to provide for a doubtful debt provision of 5% on trade receivables.
Please provide the adjusting journal entries to account for year-end closure. (5)

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