In: Accounting
Hair Care Inc. is a wholesaler of hair supplies. Hair Care uses
a perpetual inventory system. The following transactions
(summarized) have been selected for analysis:
| a. | Sold merchandise for cash (cost of merchandise $29,197) | $ | 51,600 | |
| b. | Received merchandise returned by customers as unsatisfactory (but in perfect condition), for cash refund (original cost of merchandise $400) | 640 | ||
| c. | Sold merchandise (costing $4,950) to a customer, on account with terms 3/10, n/30 | 10,000 | ||
| d. | Collected half of the balance owed by the customer in (c) within the discount period | 4,850 | ||
| e. | Granted an allowance to the customer in (c) | 180 | ||
1. Compute Sales Revenue, Net Sales, and Gross Profit for Hair World.
3. Prepare journal entries to record transactions (a)–(e). (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
4. Hair Care is considering a contract to sell
merchandise to a hair salon chain for $15,400. This merchandise
will cost Hair Care $10,000.
(a) Compute the new gross profit
percentage. (
| Hair Care | |||
| Workings for 1 | Sales | Cost of merchandise sold | Note |
| Event a | 51,600.00 | 29,197.00 | |
| Event b | (640.00) | (400.00) | |
| Event c | 10,000.00 | 4,950.00 | |
| Event d | (150.00) | - | This is $ 10,000/2*3% |
| Event e | (180.00) | - | |
| Net Sales | 60,630.00 | 33,747.00 |
| Answer 1 | Amount $ |
| Event a | 51,600.00 |
| Event c | 10,000.00 |
| Sales Revenue | 61,600.00 |
| Answer 1 | Amount $ |
| Net Sales | 60,630.00 |
| Less: Cost of merchandise sold | 33,747.00 |
| Gross Profit | 26,883.00 |
| Gross Profit % | 44.34% |
| Answer 3 | |||
| Event | Account | Debit $ | Credit $ |
| a | Cash | 51,600.00 | |
| Sales | 51,600.00 | ||
| a | Cost of merchandise sold | 29,197.00 | |
| Inventory | 29,197.00 | ||
| b | Sales returns and allowance | 640.00 | |
| Accounts Receivable | 640.00 | ||
| b | Inventory | 400.00 | |
| Cost of merchandise sold | 400.00 | ||
| c | Accounts Receivable | 10,000.00 | |
| Sales | 10,000.00 | ||
| c | Cost of merchandise sold | 4,950.00 | |
| Inventory | 4,950.00 | ||
| d | Cash | 4,850.00 | |
| Sales discount | 150.00 | ||
| Accounts Receivable | 5,000.00 | ||
| e | Sales returns and allowance | 180.00 | |
| Accounts Receivable | 180.00 |
| Answer 4 | Sales | Cost of merchandise sold |
| Total- present situation | 60,630.00 | 33,747.00 |
| Sales value | 15,400.00 | 10,000.00 |
| Total | 76,030.00 | 43,747.00 |
| Gross Profit | 32,283.00 | |
| Increased by | 5,400.00 | |
| Gross Profit % | 42.46% | |
| Decreased by | -1.88% |