Here are some selected transactions for Valley Enterprises: Bought inventory on credit, R1 000. Bought

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Here are some selected transactions for Valley Enterprises:

• Bought inventory on credit, R1 000.

• Bought inventory for cash, R600.

• Sold inventory on credit, R300 (cost R200).

• Sold inventory for cash, R400 (cost R267).

• Assume opening inventory to be R5 000 and closing inventory to be R6 000.


You are required to:

1 Record the transactions in the general journal for both the perpetual inventory system and periodic inventory system.

2 Calculate the:

a. Gross profit for each system.

b. Gross profit as a percentage of sales under each system.

c. What is the mark-up on cost for the perpetual inventory system?

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Fundamental Accounting

ISBN: 9781485112112

7th Edition

Authors: David Flynn, Carolina Koornhof, Ronald Arendse, Anna C. E. Coetzee, Edwardo Muriro, Louise Christel Posthumus, Louise Mancy Smit

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