THE PROJECT

Robert Palmer is a recent graduate from the University, and he decided to start a green grocery, selling produce, such as ground provisions, fruits, and vegetables from the farmers in his community in St. Mary. He plans to operate under the business name, Palmers Green Grocery. He decided to rent a shop from Mr. Frank Miller for $20,000 per month and hire one assistant, Timothy Grant, to help him in the store. He started operations after the Covid-19 lockdown in June. He has asked your project team to manage his accounts for him.

The following were his transactions for his first month of operations:

June 1 ***Mr. Palmer opened a bank account at the National Commercial Bank with $100,000.

June 2 ***He sourced a loan from the St. Mary Credit Union for $300,000. The funds were deposited to his NCB bank account.

June 3 ***He paid ORC Electronics $25,000 with a cheque to set up his point of sale machine.

June 3 He paid Mr. Carl Lewis $15,000 with a cheque to set up fixtures and fitting (shelves) to

display his produce.

June 3 ***He purchased an electronic scale from Advanced Digital Scales Ltd for $10,000 on credit with a commitment to pay on July 1, 2020.

June 4 ***He paid Mr. Frank Miller $60,000 for rent by a bank transfer to Mr. Millers bank

account.

June 5 ***He withdrew $25,000 from his bank account to cover business expenses.

June 5 He paid Signs & Banners Ltd $6,000 using cash, for the sign to be placed outside of his

Shop.

June 5 He received the following deliveries later in the day:

1. ***100 lbs of sweet potato at $50 per lb from Mr. Campbell paying cash.
2. 6 bunches of bananas at $500 per bunch from Mr. Donald Marshall paying cash
3. 200 lbs of pineapple at $100 per lb from Ms. Marjorie Rose on credit
4. 100 lbs of string beans @ $35 per lb from Mr. Patrick Brown on credit

June 5 He went into a contract with Kool 97 FM to advertise for the month of June. He made a

deposit of $5,000 using a cheque.

June 6 He bought stationery for his office at Practical Stationery Ltd using a cheque, $6,500.

June 8 ***He opened for business and made $80,000 of cash sales on his first day.

June 9 He received a call from Hotel Five Seasons about supplying produce to the hotel on a

regular basis. He signed a contract with them later that day and delivered $50,000

worth of produce on credit.

June 11 By the end of the week he sold an additional $25,000 worth of produce for cash.

June 12 He received the following deliveries:

1. 50 lbs of lettuce from Mr. Donald Marshall on credit for $10,000.
2. 6 bunches of bananas at $500 per bunch from Mr. Donald Marshall on credit
3. 60 bags of oranges from True Joose on credit at $500 each
4. 100 lbs of string beans @ $35 per lb from Mr. Patrick Brown on credit

June 12 ***He collect his swipe machine from NCB and recorded $12,000 of sales via debit

and credit cards.

June 12 ***He lodged $45,000 cash to the business bank account.

June 12 Timothy received his first fortnight wages of $16,000, as cash.

June 13 ***He returned 12 bags of oranges to True Joose

June 15 ***He received a cheque from Hotel Five Seasons net a 10% discount for paying before the month end.

June 16 He received a water bill for $3,800 which he paid by cash at Paymaster.

June 17 ***His wife asked him to bring home produce for her in the amount of $5,500.

June 19 Hotel Five Seasons ordered $80,000 of produce for delivery.

June 20 ***Some of the produce were damaged during delivery and the hotel returned $7,000

worth of produce.

June 26 Timothy received his second fortnight wages as cash.

June 26 Mr. Palmer decided not to take his salary this month but has asked you to show it as

owing.

June 30 ***For the remainder of the month, Mr. Palmer made cash sales of $60,000, debit/credit

card sales of $28,500 and transferred cash of $90,000 to the bank.

June 30 Mr. Palmer cleared all his outstanding balances owed to the produce suppliers using

cheques.

REQUIRED:

Section 1 50 marks

1. Journalize the transactions for the month that are indicated by (***). Narrations are to be included. (15 marks)
2. Post the above transactions in the General ledger. (15 marks)