Question

The transactions listed below are typical of those involving Amalgamated Textiles and American Fashions. Amalgamated is a wholesale merchandiser and American Fashions is a retail merchandiser. Assume all sales of merchandise from Amalgamated to American Fashions are made with terms n/60, and the two companies use perpetual inventory systems. Assume the following transactions between the two companies occurred in the order listed during the year ended December 31.

Amalgamated sold merchandise to American Fashions at a selling price of $230,000. The merchandise had cost Amalgamated $175,000. Two days later, American Fashions returned goods that had been sold to the company at a price of $20,000 and complained to Amalgamated that some of the remaining merchandise differed from what American Fashions had ordered. Amalgamated agreed to give an allowance of $5,000 to American Fashions. The goods returned by American Fashions had cost Amalgamated $15,270. Just three days later, American Fashions paid Amalgamated, which settled all amounts owed.

Required:
a. Indicate the effect (direction and amount) of each transaction on the Inventory balance of Readers' Corner.
b. Prepare the journal entries that Readers’ Corner would record and show any computations.

Answer 1

Answer:

Transaction Sales       Sales         Sales          Net     Cost of        Gross

                    Revenues  returns  allowances  sales   goods sold  profit

a.                  $230,000                                   230,000   175,000   55,000

b.                                    20,000      5,000     -25,000    15,270      9,730

c.                          -              -                -                -                -         No effect

S/n  General Journal                   Debit$          Credit$

a(1)  Accounts receivable            230,000  

                Sales revenues                              230,000  

      (Sales on account to American Fashions)  

a(2)  Cost of goods sold               175,000

                Inventory                                           175,000

       (Recorded cost of goods sold)        

b(1) Sales allowances and returns 25,000

      (20000+5000)  

               Accounts receivable                          25,000

      (Sales allowances and returns granted)

b(2)  Inventory                                  15,270

               Cost of goods sold                              15,270

       (Cost of goods sold on goods returned)        

c      Cash                                           205,000

       (230,000-25,000)

                  Accounts receivable                          205,000