Question: Adjusting entry for customer refunds, allowances, and returns Statz Company had sales of $1,800,000 and related cost of goods sold of $1,150,000 for its first

Adjusting entry for customer refunds, allowances, and returns

Statz Company had sales of $1,800,000 and related cost of goods sold of $1,150,000 for its first year of operations ending December 31. Statz provides customers a refund for any returned or damaged merchandise. At the end of the year, Statz estimates that customers will request refunds for 1.5% of sales and estimates that merchandise costing $16,000 will be returned. Assume that on February 3 of the following year, Buck Co. returned merchandise with a selling price of $5,000 for a cash refund. The returned merchandise originally cost Statz $3,100.

a. Journalize the adjusting entries on December 31 to record the expected customer returns.

Dec. 31 Sales
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Merchandise Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
  • Sales
Customer Refunds Payable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Customer Refunds Payable
  • Merchandise Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
  • Sales
Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
Cost of Goods Sold
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances

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b. Journalize the entries to record the returned merchandise and cash refund to Buck Co. on February 3.

Feb. 3 Customer Refunds Payable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Cash
  • Customer Refunds Payable
  • Merchandise Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
  • Sales
Cash
  • Accounts Payable
  • Cash
  • Customer Refunds Payable
  • Merchandise Inventory
  • Miscellaneous Expense
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
  • Sales
Inventory
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Inventory
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances
Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Estimated Returns Inventory
  • Inventory
  • Purchases
  • Purchases Discounts
  • Purchases Returns and Allowances

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