Part A
(30 marks)
Beetroot has a passion for photography and earned pocket money by taking photographs for
friends and family while at school. He did a course in photography when he left school and has
turned his hobby into a business and employed you to do his bookkeeping.
Beetroot's business is called Beetroot's Printing Shop (Pty) Ltd. He runs the business from Shop
3, Village Shopping Centre, New Road, Karibib. He has rented a post-box and the address is P. 0.
Box 1478, Karibib. He has an email address also, Beetrootsps@gmail.com. VAT vendor, number
is 4255112015 and he process all amounts 15% exclusive unless otherwise stated.
Beetroot's motto for the business is "Making memories last a lifetime", and he would like to
have it on the invoices and statements going out to customers.
The business has been in operation for a year, and they purchased a new computer and Sage
Pastel Partner V19 accounting software to computerize the accounting records of the firm.
Beetroot has a current account at Nedbank, and the bank account no. is 0527903514. The
balance at the beginning of the current year is $12 300. He has a $50 000-overdraft-facility
arrangement with the bank. He also has a petty cash box, which will be assigned to you, with
the imprest amount of $4000.
Beetroot's customers credit terms are 30 days. Business transactions are processed using a
balance forward method._He could not keep proper ·records of the previous year, however he
managed to present the following list of accounts balance for the beginning of the current year
1st June 2022.
Capital
Office shelves at cost
Income
Returns inwards
Operating cost
Returns outwards
Remuneration
Dividends Received
Account receivable: Ellerines
Allowance for credit losses
2
73 030
60 250
143 840
1880
45100
1350
22 300
9 000
6800
3 240