
PREPARING FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENTS (CBAs)
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FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Question 24
At the beginning of September 20X7, GL had the following balances on the accounts of
three of his receivables:
$
A Barton 400
C Sikorski 1,200
F Gray 340
During September, the following sales and returns took place for the above receivables:
Sales
On 3 September to A Barton goods $200 less trade discount of 20%, plus sales tax at 17.5%
On 8 September to C Sikorski goods $800, plus sales tax at 17.5%
On 12 September to C Sikorski goods $360 plus sales tax at 17.5%
Sales returns
On 5 September from A Barton 25% of the goods sold to him on 3 September
On 18 September from C Sikorski 15% of the goods sold to him on 8 September
The balance at the bank was $347 overdrawn on 1 September 20X7.
The following bank transactions took place during September 20X7:
4 Sep. A Barton paid the amount outstanding at 1 September,
less 5% cash discount.
8 Sep. C Sikorski paid the amount outstanding at 1
September, less 2.5% cash discount.
10 Sep. Paid J Swinburn, a payable, for an invoice of $1,200,
less 5% cash discount.
15 Sep. Paid sales tax of $832 to tax authority, re the quarter
ended 31 August 20X7.
17 Sep. Paid P Taylor, a payable, $400 less 5% cash discount.
20 Sep. including $150 annual vehicle licence tax and sales tax
at 17.5%.
22 Sep. C Sikorski paid the invoice of 8 September, less
the credit note of 18 September. There was no cash
discount allowed on this payment.
25 Sep. Received a cheque from F Gray for 50% of his debt;
the remainder is to be written off as a bad debt.
30 Sep. Paid wages to employees, made up as follows:
Gross wages $2,500
Employees ’ social security tax $200
Employer’s social security tax $200
Employees ’ income tax $300
30 Sep. Banked receipts from receivables $10,500
Paid cheques to payables $11,200
GL has a computerised sales ledger system, which produced the following aged receivables ’
printout at 30 September 20X7:
Current month $12,000
30 to 60 days $7,500
60 to 90 days $3,600
over 90 days $1,100