Question: QUESTION 4 ( 2 0 marks ) Below is an extract from the pre - adjustment trial balance of Jumping For Fun, acompany that rents

QUESTION 4(20 marks)Below is an extract from the pre-adjustment trial balance of Jumping For Fun, acompany that rents out jungle gyms for childrens parties, as at 31 October 2024.Trade receivables 1,355,000Allowance for doubtful debts 103,500The following information became available to the Accountant on 31 October 2024:Please note that the following information has not been processed in the books ofJumping For Fun:a) When posting the totals from the sales journal to the General Ledger at the endof October 2024, the sales column was posted as R1750000 instead of R1705000.b) A sale return by debtor We Jump on 15 October had been recorded in thedebtor Like To Jumps account in the Debtors Ledger.c) The October bank statement included transactions up to and including 27October 2024.d) The April 2024 bank statement reflected a dishonoured (R/D) cheque for anamount of R25600. This cheque was received from debtor Jump A Lot on 5October 2024 and deposited in the bank account on the same day. JumpingFor Funs policy is to allocate all charges relating to dishonoured cheques tothe individual debtors concerned. The dishonoured cheque above resulted inadditional bank charges of R375.e) Bank charges (excluding those indicated in (d) above) amounting to R1200were reflected on the October 2024 bank statement.f) Debtor Lazy Jumpers was declared insolvent in 2024. The total debt owed byLazy Jumpers on 31 October 2024 was R18500. This amount is related toANNEXURE I: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 213 HFAC130-1-Jul-Dec2024-FA2-AA-V3-19072024sales made to the debtor during the current financial year. Lazy Jumperslawyer confirmed that Jumping For Fun would receive 35c for each Rand owedto the business. On 31 October 2024, a cheque was received from LazyJumpers. On 31 October 2024, Jumping For Fun decided to write the remainderof Lazy Jumpers debt off as irrecoverable.g) On 31 October 2024, debtors to whom sales amounting to R85000 had beenmade in the previous financial year were considered irrecoverable, and thedecision to write off these debtors had been made.h) Jumping For Fun reliably estimated that it was unlikely that 6% of outstandingdebtors on 31 October 2024 would be collected.REQUIRED:4.1. Prepare the general journal entry/ies that would have been processed to recordthe information in points (a) and (b). If NO general journal entry/ies are required,provide reasons for your answer. Ignore dates and narrations.(4 marks)4.2. Refer to point (f).Prepare the general journal entry(ies) necessary to process the informationprovided in point (f). Closing entries are not required. Ignore dates andnarrations.(4 marks)4.3. Refer to points (a)(h).Prepare the Trade Receivables Account as it would appear in the GeneralLedger of Jumping For Fun for the year ended 31 October 2024. Balance orclose off the account appropriately.(9 marks)ANNEXURE I: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 214 HFAC130-1-Jul-Dec2024-FA2-AA-V3-190720244.4. Calculate the amount that will appear in the statement of comprehensiveincome of Jumping For Fun for the year ended 31 October 2024 as bad debtsexpense.(3 marks)

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