Awesome Sounds is a wholesale business that sells musical instruments. Transactions involving sales and cash receipts for the firm during April 2016 follow, along with the general ledger accounts used to record these transactions.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open the general ledger accounts and enter the balances as of April 1, 2016.

2. Record the transactions in a sales journal, a cash receipts journal, and a general journal. Use 7 as the page number for each of the special journals and 17 as the page number for the general journal.

3. Post the entries from the general journal to the general ledger.

4. Total, prove, and rule the special journals as of April 30, 2016.

5. Post the column totals from the special journals to the proper general ledger accounts.

6. Prepare the heading and the Revenue section of the firm's income statement for the month ended April 30.

GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS

101 Cash...................................... $17,400 Dr.

109 Notes Receivable

111 Accounts Receivable................... 22,000 Dr.

401 Sales

451 Sales Returns and Allowances

452 Sales Discounts

DATE TRANSACTIONS

April 1 Sold merchandise for $4,900 to Soprano Music Center; issued Invoice 9312 with terms of 2/10, n/30.

3 Received a check for $1,960 from Music Supply Store in payment of Invoice 6718 of March 25 ($2,000), less a cash discount ($40).

5 Sold merchandise for $1,825 in cash to a new customer who has not yet established credit.

8 Sold merchandise for $5,500 to Music Warehouse, issued Invoice 9313 with terms of 2/10, n/30.

10 Soprano Music Center sent a check for $4,802 in payment of Invoice 9312 of April 1 ($4,900), less a cash discount ($98).

15 Accepted a return of damaged merchandise from Music Warehouse; issued Credit Memorandum 105 for $900; the original sale was made on Invoice 9313 of April 8.

19 Sold merchandise for $11,500 to Eagleton Music Center; issued Invoice 9314 with terms of 2/10, n/30.

23 Collected $3,225 from Sounds From Yesterday for Invoice 6725 of March 25.

26 Accepted a two-month promissory note for $6,500 from Country Music Store in settlement of its overdue account; the note has an interest rate of 12 percent.

28 Received a check for $11,270 from Eagleton Music Center in payment of Invoice 9314, dated April 19 ($11,500), less a cash discount ($230).

30 Sold merchandise for $10,800 to Contemporary Sounds, Inc.; issued Invoice 9315 with terms of 2/10, n/3

Analyze: What total sales on account were made in the month of April, prior to any returns or allowances?