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On 15 October 2023, Purple Press (Pty) Ltd entered into a contract with Plus Account-
ing (Pty) Ltd in terms of which Purple Press (Pty) Ltd will supply all of their offices with
brand new Business 358ci printers.
Plus Accounting (Pty) Ltd has five offices, and they require two printers per office. Plus
Accounting (Pty) Ltd will pay an all-inclusive price of R85000 per printer. Besides
the printer unit, the purchase price also includes the set-up and configuration of each
of the printers, as well as a 16-month maintenance contract.
The printers were delivered to Plus Accounting (Pty) Ltd on 29 October 2023. The set-
up and configuration of the printers were done by Purple Press (Pty) Ltds technicians
on 31 October 2023. Plus Accounting (Pty) Ltd paid the full purchase price on 30
November 2023.
The following prices were applicable on the transaction date:
Cost price Sales price
Business 358ci printer R30000 R45000
Technician services (Note 1) R990 per hour R1500 per hour
Note 1 Due to salary increases, the cost price and the sales price per technician
hour will increase by 3.5% effective 1 January 2024 and another 3.5% effective 1
January 2025.
The set-up and configuration of a Business 358ci printer normally takes 45 minutes
for a technician to complete.
For maintenance contracts Purple Press (Pty) Ltd charges their clients a standard 1.5
technician hours per month per printer, irrespective of whether the client makes use
of the full 1.5 hours per month.With reference to Transaction 2, allocate the transaction price according to
Step 4 of the 5-step approach in accordance with IFRS 15 of the International
Financial Reporting Standards. Note: Assume the discount included in the
transaction price to be attributable to all performance obligations included in the
contract.

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