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COMPANY BACKGROUNDScallion Ltd began business on 1 July 2022, specialising in the purchase and supply of packaging materials. An accounting system was designed and a chart of accounts was established. The business uses the periodic inventory system and is registered for GST at the rate of 10%. The company also employs two office staff who work a five-day week from Monday to Friday. One office staff member is responsible for overseeing the daily running of the business, including inventory ordering; the other maintains the companys accounting records. ACCOUNTING SYSTEMThe company has a financial year-end 30 June and prepares adjusting entries only at the end of the year. The firm uses the following journals to maintain its accounting records:Sales Journal: to record all credit sales of inventoryPurchases Journal: to record all credit purchases of inventoryCash Receipts Journal: to record all cash receiptsCash Payments Journal: to record all cash paymentsGeneral Journal: to record all transactions other than the aboveScallion Ltd uses subsidiary ledgers for Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable only. The company maintains a general ledger to record the increases and decreases in each asset, liability, owners equity, revenue and expense account. Subsidiary ledgers are used to record the separate details of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. The company maintains a periodic system to account for its inventory.GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST)The company is registered for GST at the rate of 10% and is required to pay GST on its purchases and to collect GST when making sales. The company uses a GST paid account for GST on purchases and a GST collected account for GST on sales (for manual records). YOUR ASSIGNMENTThe firms in-house accountant has gone overseas for one month. You have been hired by Scallion Ltd to carry out the accounting duties in the accountants absence. This assignment provides you with the unadjusted trial balance at the end of May and requires you to record typical transactions for a retail business for the last month of the financial year. Once these transactions have been recorded and posted, you are required to complete the accounting cycle by journalising and posting adjusting and closing entries and preparing financial statements. UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE The unadjusted trial balance as at 1 June 2023 is presented below:ACCOUNT NAME1 June Opening BalancesCash$ 70,785Accounts Receivable25,740Allowance for doubtful debts2,645Inventory32,400Office Supplies1,800Prepaid General Insurance3,600GST Paid6,300Equipment13,500Machinery65,000Truck46,100Land350,000Accounts Payable69,300GST Collected15,795Share Capital340,000Discount received13,200Repairs and maintenance7,400Purchases486,200Purchases returns & allowances7,040Salaries expense83,600Sales789,800Sales returns & allowances 8,800Electricity expense12,100Telephone expense2,505Office expenses13,500Discount allowed8,450SUBSIDIARY LEDGERSThe individual balances of Accounts receivable and Accounts payable as at 1 June 2023 are shown below. Amounts include GST.Accounts Receivable Subsidiary LedgerCUSTOMER1 June Opening BalancesCroft Ltd$ 2,970M. Biller14,850O. Mowen7,920TOTAL25,740Accounts Payable Subsidiary LedgerCREDITOR1 June Opening BalancesTumult Ltd$ 17,820Lynwood Ltd29,700Dyson Ltd21,780TOTAL69,300ACCOUNTING PROCEDURESTransactions are recorded by the accountant on a daily basis in the appropriate journal. Transactions are posted daily from the General Journal and the Cash Receipts and Cash Payments Journal to the Accounts receivable and Accounts payable subsidiary ledgers. Totals of the special journals are posted to the appropriate accounts at the end of the month.Note: Amounts are to be recorded as the exact amounts in the journals and ledgers but are to be rounded to the nearest dollar when preparing financial statements. TRANSACTIONSThe following transactions occurred during June 2023 and are INCLUSIVE of GST where appropriate. 2023June 1Scallion Ltd shareholders invested $60,000 cash in the business.Purchased land and an existing retail store for $110,000 of which $77,000 is considered land cost. Paid $33,000 by cheque no.98 for the retail store and signed a mortgage payable for the balance. The retails store is depreciated over its useful life of 10 years.2Paid Lynwood Ltd $14,700 less a discount of $594 with cheque no.99.Received cheque from M. Biller for $10,000 as part payment of his accountPurchased store furniture on credit terms from Corma Ltd for $7,480, terms n/60.5Purchased inventory on credit terms from Tumult Ltd $4,400; invoice date 6 June, terms 2/10, n/60.6Purchased a 3-year fire insurance policy for $792, cheque no.100.7Sent cheque no.101 to Tumult Ltd in full settlement of May invoice 8Purchased inventory for $5,500, cheque no.102.Paid Lynwood Ltd $15,000 cheque no.103 for balance owing on May account. 9Returned unsatisfactory goods to Tumult Ltd and received a credit note for $880.13Sold inventory to M. Biller on account, $9,020; invoice no.210, terms 1/10, n/30.15O. Mowen paid his account in full.Paid Tumult Ltd amount due for June 6 invoice, cheque no.104.Cash sales for period to 15 June were recorded today, $3,740.16Sold inventory to O. Mowen on account $5,170; invoice no.211, terms 1/10, n/30.Paid salaries for period to 15 June totaling $2,650, cheque no.105.17M. Biller paid the balance of his May invoice.20Purchased inventory on credit terms, from Lynwood Ltd, $5,390; invoice date 20 June, terms 1/10, n/30.Sent cheque, no.106 to Dyson Ltd in full settlement of the account.22Received account for $143 from M. Parson for items chargeable to office expenses, terms n/30.23Received inventory returned by O.Mowen and issued a credit note for $2,200.Received a cheque from M. Biller for invoice no.210.26Received a cheque from O. Mowen for balance due on invoice no.211Purchased inventory from Dyson Ltd for $35,750, terms, 1/20, n/30.29Sold inventory worth $15,400 on credit to J. Rowls; invoice no.212, terms 1/10, n/30.Paid $220 for electricity expenses, cheque no.107.Paid Lynwood Ltd for the invoice dated 20 June, cheque no.108.30Purchased inventory on account from Amcor Ltd $26,400, terms 2/10, n/30.Cash sales from 16 June to 30 June were $2,145.Paid salaries for period 16-30 June totaling $2,850, cheque no.109.Purchased office supplies for $330, cheque no.110.Received account from C. Bond for $110 for delivery expenses for the month.Sold inventory on credit to O. Mowen for $17,600, invoice no.213, terms 1/10, n/30.Purchased printer for use in the business office at a cost of $825 using a short-term loan.Requireda) Record the transactions in the special journals in the following order: sales journal, purchases journal, cash receipts, cash payments and general journal. You will need to use the general journal for more adjusting entries coming up, so make sure you leave room. The business uses sales and purchases journals for inventory transactions on credit only. Returns are processed through the general journal. (Remember that special journals replace the general journal, so transactions will be recorded in a special journal or the general journal but not both). b) Prepare the accounts receivable control account as it would appear in the general ledger at the end of the reporting period, together with the related subsidiary ledger. Provide the accounts payable control account as per the general ledger at the end of the financial year and the subsidiary ledger. c)Prepare general journal entries to record the following information.1. Office supplies on hand at 30 June total $9002. The one-year general insurance policy expires on 31 October 20203. Equipment has a useful life of 4 years with no residual value. Store furniture and printer have useful life of 5 years with no residual value. Scallion Ltd uses straight-line depreciation for these assets. (Round all depreciation amounts upwards to nearest whole $).4. Commission revenue of $39600 has accrued during June5. Inventory at 30 June is $28800

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