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Isipingo Traders

TRIAL BALANCE AS AT 31 MAY 2020

	Debit	Credit
	Rand	Rand
Factory building at cost	120 000
Equipment at cost	80 000
Accumulated depreciation Factory building (1 June 2019)		20 000
Accumulated depreciation Equipment (1 June 2019)		38 000
Purchases	268 000
Sales		407 000
Inventory (1 June 2019)	40 000
Returns outwards		15 000
Returns inwards	10 000
Salaries and wages	58 800
Bad debts	4 600
Insurance expense	2 200
Interest expense	1 800
Operating expenses	21 000
Accounts payable		36 000
Accounts receivable	36 000
Bank	1 600
Stationery	2 000
Drawings	24 000
Allowance for doubtful debts (1 June 2019)		500
Long-term loan (12% pa)		30 000
Capital (1 June 2019)		123 500
Totals	670 000	670 000

The following additional information as at 31 May 2020 is available:

1. Isipingo Traders uses a periodic system to record inventory and uses a gross margin of 40% to calculate selling prices.

2. A debtor returned inventory with a cost price of R3 780.

3. Inventory was purchased for cash on 01 May 2020, amounting to R24 000. Transport of R2 380 was paid for the inventory to be delivered. This transaction was not recorded.

4. Stationery was purchased amounting to R2 300, of which R250 was for the owners son.

5. Wages and salaries for May 2020 to the amount of R800, was unpaid as at 31 May 2020.

6. The owner purchased equipment on 01 January 2020 on behalf of the business, R20 000. The bookkeeper omitted this transaction.

7. The allowance for doubtful debts is to be adjusted so that it is 2% of accounts receivable at the end of the period.

8. The insurance premium is R200 per month. The premiums are sometimes paid in arrears.

9. The long-term loan was taken out on 1 October 2019 at an interest rate of 12% p.a. and the interest is paid quarterly in arrears.

10. Depreciation for the period ended 31 May 2020 has still to be provided for as follows:
    • Factory building: Useful life of 20 years using the straight-line method Equipment: 25% per annum using the reducing balance method.

11. A stock-take at year end revealed the following:
    • Inventory on hand, R44 000
    • Stationery on hand, 800

You are required to:

1. Prepare the general journal entries for the transactions above. (24 marks)