Mauldin Company makes sales on which a 5% sales tax is assessed. The following summary transactions were

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Mauldin Company makes sales on which a 5% sales tax is assessed. The following summary transactions were made during 2019:
1. sales for cash of $1,665,400, excluding sales taxes
2. sales on credit of $2,820,500, excluding sales taxes
3. sales taxes of $168,220 were paid to the state government during 2019


Required:
1. Prepare journal entries to record the preceding transactions.
2. Show how the unpaid sales taxes would be reported on Mauldin’s December 31, 2019, balance sheet.

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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1337788281

3rd edition

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

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