In: Accounting
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The following data were selected from the records of Sykes Company for the year ended December 31, 2014. |
| Balances January 1, 2014 | ||
| Accounts receivable (various customers) | $ | 120,000 |
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | 8,000 | |
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In the following order, except for cash sales, the company sold merchandise and made collections on credit terms 2/10, n/30 (assume a unit sales price of $500 in all transactions and use the gross method to record sales revenue). |
| Transactions during 2014 | |
| a. | Sold merchandise for cash, $235,000. |
| b. | Sold merchandise to R. Smith; invoice price, $11,500. |
| c. | Sold merchandise to K. Miller; invoice price, $26,500. |
| d. |
Two days after purchase date, R. Smith returned one of the units purchased in (b) and received account credit. |
| e. | Sold merchandise to B. Sears; invoice price, $24,000. |
| f. | R. Smith paid his account in full within the discount period. |
| g. | Collected $98,000 cash from customer sales on credit in prior year, all within the discount periods. |
| h. | K. Miller paid the invoice in (c) within the discount period. |
| i. | Sold merchandise to R. Roy; invoice price, $19,000. |
| j. |
Three days after paying the account in full, K. Miller returned seven defective units and received a cash refund. |
| k. | After the discount period, collected $6,000 cash on an account receivable on sales in a prior year. |
| l. | Wrote off a 2013 account of $3,000 after deciding that the amount would never be collected. |
| m. | The estimated bad debt rate used by the company was 1.5 percent of credit sales net of returns. |
| 1. |
Prepare the journal entries for these transactions, including the write-off of the uncollectible account and the adjusting entry for estimated bad debts. Do not record cost of goods sold. Show computations for each entry. |
| 2. |
Show how the accounts related to the preceding sale and collection activities should be reported on the 2014 income statement. |
| No, | General Journal | Debit | Credit | |
| a | Cash | 235000 | ||
| sales revenue | 235000 | |||
| b | Accounts receivable-R.smith | 11500 | ||
| sales revenue | 11500 | |||
| c | Accounts receivable-K.miller | 26500 | ||
| sales revenue | 26500 | |||
| d | Sales returns and allowances | 500 | ||
| Accounts receivable-R.smith | 500 | |||
| e | Accounts receivable-B.Sears | 24000 | ||
| sales revenue | 24000 | |||
| f | Cash | 10780 | ||
| Sales Discount | 220 | |||
| Accounts receivable-R.smith | 11000 | |||
| g | Cash | 98000 | ||
| Sales Discount | 2000 | |||
| Accounts receivable-R.smith | 100000 | (98000/98%) | ||
| h | Cash | 25970 | ||
| Sales Discount | 530 | |||
| Accounts receivable-Kmiller | 26500 | |||
| i | Accounts receivable-R.roy | 19000 | ||
| sales revenue | 19000 | |||
| j | Sales return and allowances | 3500 | ||
| cash | 3430 | |||
| sales discounts | 70 | |||
| k | Cash | 6000 | ||
| accounts receivable | 6000 | |||
| l | Allowance for doubtful accounts | 3000 | ||
| Accounts Receivable | 3000 | |||
| m | Bad debt expense | 770 | ||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | 770 | |||
| so we have | ||||
| credit sales | 81000 | |||
| Sales returns | 4000 | |||
| net sales revenue | 77000 | |||
| Bad debt rate | 1% | |||
| bad debt expense | 770 | |||
Ques 2
| Income statement | ||
| Sales revenue | 316000 | |
| Less:sales return and allowance | -4000 | |
| Less:sales discounts | -2680 | |
| Net sales revenue | 309320 | |
| Operating expense | ||
| Bad debt expense | 770 | |