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O-LevelAccountingAccounting proceduresOct/Nov 2022Paper 2 Q420 Marks

PG a trader sells electrical components. She has provided the following information for the year ended 31 July 2022. Sales journal for the year ended 31 July 2022 $ Sales returns journal for the year ended 31 July 2022 360000 Trade receivables at 1 August 2021 13300 Provision for doubtful debts at 1 August 2021 28500 1140 Cash book extract of totals for the year ended 31 July 2022 Discount Cash Bank Bank Allowed $ $ $ Trade receivables 6500 335 100 Trade receivables (dishonoured cheques) 4000 Sales 17000 Additional information 1 $900 of trade receivables were written off as irrecoverable debts on 31 July 2022. There were no other irrecoverable debts during the year. 2 The provision for doubtful debts is to be set at 4% of trade receivables at 31 July 2022.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Accounting (7707) Oct/Nov 2022 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Accounting procedures and is worth 20 marks.

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