{"id":112,"date":"2021-02-15T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/15\/bad-irrecoverable-debt\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:36:24","slug":"bad-irrecoverable-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/bad-irrecoverable-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad\/Irrecoverable debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><u><span style=\"color: #4472c4; font-size: 19.0pt;\">BAD\/ IRRECOVERBLE DEBT<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Bad debt is an amount owed to a business which may not likely be paid by the debtor, having exhausted all possible means of chasing for the payment. Hence, such amounts<br \/>\nneed to be written off the books of accounts and should not continue to be presented within the debtors amounts as a current asset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">A bad debt is a loss to the business as it is a cost the business has to bear and so should be written off as expenditure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Question:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">This is a customer\u2019s account in the sales ledger:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Andrew Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 640px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Date<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"125\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Details<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.3pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Amount<br \/>\n(\u00a3)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 61.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Date<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Details<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"95\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Amount<br \/>\n(\u00a3)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">01\/06\/XX<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"125\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Bal<br \/>\nb\/d<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.3pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>3,460<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 61.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">12\/06\/XX<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Credit<br \/>\nNote 33XC<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"95\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>454<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">16\/06\/XX<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"125\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Sales<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.3pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">10,200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 61.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"95\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">The customer has now ceased trading owing the outstanding amount which includes VAT.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Balance outstanding= \u00a3(3,460+10,200-454)= \u00a313,206<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a313206\/6= \u00a32201<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>OR <span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a313206\/120*20= \u00a32201<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a313206\/6*5=\u00a311005<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>OR<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a313206\/120*100= \u00a311005<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Record the journal entries needed in the general ledger to write off Andrew Smith\u2019s debt.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 3.5pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;\" width=\"310\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Account name<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" width=\"123\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Amount (\u00a3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" width=\"95\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Debit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 66.85pt;\" width=\"89\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Credit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 3.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;\" width=\"310\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Irrecoverable<br \/>\ndebt\/ Bad debt<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" width=\"123\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">11,005<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" width=\"95\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00fc<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 66.85pt;\" width=\"89\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 3.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;\" width=\"310\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">VAT <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" width=\"123\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>2,201<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" width=\"95\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00fc<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 66.85pt;\" width=\"89\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 3.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;\" width=\"310\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">SLCA\/ Debtors<br \/>\ncontrol acc<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" width=\"123\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">13,206<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.9pt;\" width=\"95\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 3.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 66.85pt;\" width=\"89\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00fc<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Question:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">John Western, a credit customer has been owing an invoice amount of \u00a31,446 and the company has now decided that this invoice should be written off as bad debt.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); color: var(--wp--preset--color--contrast); letter-spacing: -0.1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">i. What will be the general ledger entries to write off this debt, where there was no VAT charge on the invoice?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Dr- Irrecoverable debt<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,446<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Cr- SLCA<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 3;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,446<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\">ii. 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