Question: On 1 August 2 0 2 4 the company signed a contract to supply Edgars Ltd a variety of bags to the value of R

On 1 August 2024 the company signed a contract to supply Edgars Ltd a variety of bags to the value of R680,000 equally over the next 6 months (on the last day of every month). The full amount was received in cash on 1 August 2024. Delivery has been delayed as there was an issue with leather at Bag's supplier and the bags only arrived in September. The first batch of delivery took place at the end of September and included delivery for August and September. Furthermore, in September Edgars returned a batch of black bags worth R50,000 in exchange for brown bags. The black bags were received at the warehouse however the brown bags were not yet dispatched. Prepare the accounting entries for the books as at the end of September 2024. See below details of trade receivables for Bags L.td: Trade receivables at 31 December 2024-R734,565 Provision for doubtful debts at 1 January 2024- R75,893 Bad debts for the year ending 31 December 2024 were R12,932. No entry has yet been passed. In addition to this the debtor in (b) has not paid any of his debt since the payment on 14 February 2024. The company has been accruing interest until December 2024. Management have decided to write off this debt before year end close off. The company policy is to provide for a doubtful debt provision of \(10\%\) on trade receivables. Please provide the adjusting journal entries to account for year-end closure.
On 1 August 2 0 2 4 the company signed a contract

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