Paul Jackson owns a retail business. The following sales, returns, and cash receipts are for April 20--.

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Paul Jackson owns a retail business. The following sales, returns, and cash receipts are for April 20--. There is a 7% sales tax.

Apr. 1 Sale on account No. 111 to O. L. Meyers, $2,100 plus sales tax.

3 Sale on account No. 112 to Andrew Plaa, $1,000 plus sales tax.

6 O. L. Meyers returned merchandise from Sale No. 111 for a credit (Credit Memo

No. 42), $50 plus sales tax.

7 Cash sales for the week were $3,240 plus sales tax.

9 Received payment from O. L. Meyers for Sale No. 111 less Credit Memo No. 42.

12 Sale on account No. 113 to Melissa Richfield, $980 plus sales tax.

14 Cash sales for the week were $2,180 plus sales tax.

17 Melissa Richfield returned merchandise from Sale No. 113 for a credit (Credit Memo No. 43), $40 plus sales tax.

19 Sale on account No. 114 to Kelsay Munkres, $1,020 plus sales tax.

21 Cash sales for the week were $2,600 plus sales tax.

24 Sale on account No. 115 to O. L. Meyers, $920 plus sales tax.

27 Sale on account No. 116 to Andrew Plaa, $1,320 plus sales tax.

28 Cash sales for the week were $2,800 plus sales tax.

29 Received payment from Melissa Richfield for $2,186.

Beginning general ledger account balances were:

Cash $2,864.54

Accounts Receivable 2,726.25

Beginning customer account balances were:

K. Munkres $ 482.00

M. Richfield 2,244.25

REQUIRED

1. Record the transactions in a general journal.

2. Post from the journal to the general ledger and accounts receivable ledger accounts. Use account numbers as shown in the chapter.


Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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College Accounting

ISBN: 978-0538745192

20th Edition

Authors: Heintz and Parry

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