In: Accounting
On December 1, 2020, Lily Company had the account balances shown
below.
Debit |
Credit |
|||||
Cash | $5,000 | Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment | $1,100 | |||
Accounts Receivable | 3,200 | Accounts Payable | 3,200 | |||
Inventory | 2,700* | Owner’s Capital | 28,600 | |||
Equipment | 22,000 | |||||
$32,900 | $32,900 |
*(4,500 x $0.60)
The following transactions occurred during December:
Dec. 3 | Purchased 4,400 units of inventory on account at a cost of $0.70 per unit. | |
5 | Sold 4,900 units of inventory on account for $0.86 per unit. (Lily sold 4,500 of the $0.60 units and 400 of the $0.70.) | |
7 | Granted the December 5 customer $198 credit for 200 units of inventory returned costing $132. These units were returned to inventory. | |
17 | Purchased 2,100 units of inventory for cash at $0.76 each. | |
22 | Sold 3,500 units of inventory on account for $0.91 per unit. (Lily sold 3,500 of the $0.70 units.) |
Adjustment data:
1. | Accrued salaries payable $700. | |
2. |
Depreciation $240 per month. |
Enter the December 1 balances in the ledger T-accounts and post the December transactions. (Post entries in the order of journal entries presented above.)
To post the transactions in t-accounts it is necessary to prepare journal entries and adjusting entries related to this month.
When inventory is purchased on account, inventory account is
debited and accounts payable is credited. When sales is made on
account, sales revenue is credited and accounts receivable is
debited. Similarly, Cost of goods sold is debited and inventory is
credited to effect the amount of inventory sold.
Adjusting entries are made at the end of the accounting period, to
effect the adjustment of revenues and expenses.
December 3 - Cost of inventory purchased:
4,400 × $0.70 = $3,080
December 5 - Sales amount and cost of goods sold:
Sales amount = 4,900 × $0.86 = $4,214
Cost of goods sold = (4,500 × $0.60) + (400 × $0.70) = $2,980
December 17 - Cost of inventory purchased:
2,100 × $0.76 = $1,596
December 22 - Sales amount and cost of goods sold:
Sales amount = 3,500 × $0.91 = $3,185
Cost of goods sold = 3,500 × $0.70 = $2,450
T-accounts: