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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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