In: Accounting
Pots and Things, a cookware retailer, sells a coffee machine to a customer for $150. The customer pays $100 in cash and puts the rest on her store credit account. Which one of the following statements describes the most appropriate accounting for the transaction?
Debit cash $100; debit accounts receivable $50; credit cost of good sold $150
Debit cash $100; debit accounts receivable $50; credit revenues $150
Debit revenues $150; credit cash $100; credit accounts receivable $50
Debit cash $100; debit accounts receivable $50; credit inventory $150
Solution: Debit cash $100; debit accounts receivable $50; credit revenues $150
Explanation: As the sales are for $150 thus revenues will be credited for $150; Customer pays $100 cash thus thus cash account will be debited with $100; and remaining balance of $50 (=$150 - $100) will be debited to accounts receivable