Question: QUESTION 3 Bees Books ( Pty ) Ltd ( Bees Books ) is a bookstore in Cape Town with a 3 0 November financial

QUESTION 3
Bees Books (Pty) Ltd ("Bees Books") is a bookstore in Cape Town with a 30 November
financial year-end. Bees Books make use of the perpetual inventory system.
Bees Books is a registered VAT vendor.
The following transactions have not yet been recorded for the financial year ended 30
November 2024:
Bees Books sold 100 books on credit in October 2024 with an invoiced amount of R36
000(including VAT). The cost price of these books sold was R15000(excluding VAT)
15 of the books sold in October had water damage and the customers returned these
books within one week of purchase.
At the end of October 2024, Bees Books received R28000 cash from outstanding
debtors.
In November 2024, Bees Books sold 250 books on credit with a total selling price of
R62500(excluding VAT) and a cost price of R150(excluding VAT) per book. Bees
Books wanted to encourage debtors to pay the amount owing and offered a settlement
discount of 10% if they pay within 10 days of purchase. Bees Books believes that all
customers who bought books in November 2024 will make use of the discount. .
Within 10 days of purchase all the customers who bought the 250 books during
November 2024 made use of the settlement discount ?i.
On 20th of November 2024 Bees Books received an email from a lawyer stating that E
Brooks, a debtor with an outstanding balance of R3000, is insolvent and that a
settlement of 20 cents in the Rand would be paid on the 15th of November 2024. The
remaining balance should be written
ANNEXWREF: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1
Management of Bees Books estimated that 5% of the outstanding trade receivable
balance on 30 November 2024 would be irrecoverable. There was no allowance for
doubtful debt for the year ending 30 November 2023.
REQUIRED:
Prepare the general journal entries for all the transactions that occurred during the 2024
financial year in the accounting records of Bees Books (Pty) Ltd.
Journal dates and narrations are not required.
Show all calculations and references accordingly.
Round off to the nearest Rand where applicable. .
 QUESTION 3 Bees Books (Pty) Ltd ("Bees Books") is a bookstore

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