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

QUESTION 4(20 marks) Below is an extract from the pre-adjustment trial balance of Jumping For Fun, a company that rents out jungle gyms for childrens parties, as at 31 October 2024. Trade receivables 1,355,000 Allowance for doubtful debts 103,500 The following information became available to the Accountant on 31 October 2024: Please note that the following information has not been processed in the books of Jumping For Fun: a) When posting the totals from the sales journal to the General Ledger at the end of 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 the debtor Like To Jumps account in the Debtors Ledger. c) The October bank statement included transactions up to and including 27 October 2024. d) The April 2024 bank statement reflected a dishonoured (R/D) cheque for an amount of R25600. This cheque was received from debtor Jump A Lot on 5 October 2024 and deposited in the bank account on the same day. Jumping For Funs policy is to allocate all charges relating to dishonoured cheques to the individual debtors concerned. The dishonoured cheque above resulted in additional bank charges of R375. e) Bank charges (excluding those indicated in (d) above) amounting to R1200 were reflected on the October 2024 bank statement. f) Debtor Lazy Jumpers was declared insolvent in 2024. The total debt owed by Lazy Jumpers on 31 October 2024 was R18500. This amount is related to ANNEXURE I: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 213 HFAC130-1-Jul-Dec2024-FA2-AA-V4-15102024 sales made to the debtor during the current financial year. Lazy Jumpers lawyer confirmed that Jumping For Fun would receive 35c for each Rand owed to the business. On 31 October 2024, a cheque was received from Lazy Jumpers. On 31 October 2024, Jumping For Fun decided to write the remainder of Lazy Jumpers debt off as irrecoverable. g) On 31 October 2024, debtors to whom sales amounting to R85000 had been made in the previous financial year were considered irrecoverable, and the decision to write off these debtors had been made. h) Jumping For Fun reliably estimated that it was unlikely that 6% of outstanding debtors on 31 October 2024 would be collected. REQUIRED: 4.1. Prepare the general journal entry/ies that would have been processed to record the 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 information provided in point (f). Closing entries are not required. Ignore dates and narrations. (4 marks)4.3. Refer to points (a)(h). Prepare the Trade Receivables Account as it would appear in the General Ledger of Jumping For Fun for the year ended 31 October 2024. Balance or close off the account appropriately. (9 marks) ANNEXURE I: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 214 HFAC130-1-Jul-Dec2024-FA2-AA-V4-151020244.4. Calculate the amount that will appear in the statement of comprehensive income of Jumping For Fun for the year ended 31 October 2024 as bad debts expense. (3 marks)

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