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Crest Textiles, Inc. factors $400,000 of accounts receivable with Commercial Factors, Inc..Crest Textiles transfers the receivable records to Commercial Factors, which will receive the collections. Commercial Factors assesses a finance charge of 2 percent of the amount of accounts receivable and retains an amount equal to 5 percent of the accounts receivable for probable adjustments.
Instructions:
Factoring without recourse
In the books of Crest Textiles
| Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit | 
| Cash | 372000 | |
| Loss on sale of receivables (2% x $400000) | 8000 | |
| Due from factor (5% x $400000) | 20000 | |
| Accounts receivable | 400000 | |
| (To record sale of receivables without recourse) | 
In the books of Commercial Factors
| Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit | 
| Accounts receivable | 400000 | |
| Due to customer | 20000 | |
| Interest revenue | 8000 | |
| Cash | 372000 | |
| (To record purchase of receivables without recourse) | 
Factoring with recourse
In the books of Crest Textiles
| Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit | |
| a. | Cash | 372000 | |
| Due from factor (5% x $400000) | 20000 | ||
| Loss on sale of receivables | 13000 | ||
| Accounts receivable | 400000 | ||
| Recouse liability | 5000 | ||
| (To record sale of receivables with recourse) | |||
| b.i. | Cash | 20000 | |
| Due from factor | 20000 | ||
| (To record collection on maturity) | |||
| b.ii. | Accounts receivable | 435000 | |
| Recouse liability | 5000 | ||
| Due from factor | 20000 | ||
| Cash | 420000 | ||
| (To record receivable on maturity) |