In: Accounting
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 | |
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 |