On January 1, 2013, Hadad Company entered into a consignment agreement with Trinidad Company. The agreement specifies

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On January 1, 2013, Hadad Company entered into a consignment agreement with Trinidad Company. The agreement specifies that the consignee (Trinidad) is to sell the merchandise at a price of 30% above cost. Trinidad is required to pay Hadad the net sales price within 15 days of each sale to a third party.

The net sales price is defined as the sales price, minus any advertising costs incurred by Trinidad, and minus a commission of 10% deducted from the sales price minus the advertising costs. Hadad pays any costs incurred in shipping the merchandise to Trinidad.

In 2013, Hadad shipped merchandise costing $300,000 to Trinidad and incurred delivery costs of $8,000. During the year (through December 15), Trinidad made sales of $195,000 and incurred advertising costs of $15,000, and Trinidad paid the required amount to Hadad. On December 31, 2013, Hadad phoned Trinidad and was told that since December 15 additional sales of $39,000 had been made and advertising costs of $3,000 incurred. (Record this information in separate journal entries.)

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1. Prepare the journal entries for Hadad.

2. What amount related to the consignment activities, and in what category, would Hadad report on its balance sheet on December 31, 2013?

3. Prepare the journal entries for Trinidad.

4. What amount related to the consignment activities, and in what category, would Trinidad report on its balance sheet on December 31, 2013?

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1111822361

1st edition

Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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