In: Accounting
PG. 34
A journal entry with a debit to cash of $980, a debit to Sales Discounts of $20, and a credit to Accounts Receivable of $1,000 means that a customer has taken a 10% cash discount for early payment.
FALSE
Sales/Trade Discount - Sales discount is a discount given to the customer on account of sales and it is calculated on the price of the product in order to increase the sales.
Cash Discount - Cash discount is the discount given to customer on account of getting early payment.
The statement is FALSE due to following reasons:
1) 10% cash discount is not equals to $20. 10% cash discount will be on $1,000 for early payment and the cash discount value would be $100 ($1,000*10%)
2) Sales discount is different that Cash Discount
3) The Journal Entry is not correct in the statement
The correct entry should be
Debit Cash $980
Debit Cash Discount $20
Credit Accounts Receivable $1,000
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