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A company sold merchandise for cash on September 30th. The merchandise was sold for $12,000 and had a cost of $7,000. The tax rate is 5%. Show all of your work!
Record the sale:
Record the remittance of the sales taxes to the state on October 30th.
Solution: | |||
Sales Tax Payable = Sales * tax rate | |||
= $12,000 * 5% | |||
= $600 | |||
Journal Entry | |||
Date | Particulars | Debit | Credit |
30-Sep | Cash | $12,600 | |
Sales | $12,000 | ||
Sales Tax Payable | $600 | ||
(Being Sale of inventory recorded) | |||
30-Sep | Cost of goods sold | $7,000 | |
Merchandise Inventory | $7,000 | ||
(Being cost of goods sold recorded) | |||
30-Oct | Sales Tax Payable | $600 | |
Cash | $600 | ||
(Being Sales tax paid to the state) | |||
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