Purchased 600 units of product at a cost of 10 per unit Term
Purchased 600 units of product at a cost of $10 per unit. Terms of the sale are 2/10, n/60; the invoice is dated November 5.
Prepare journal entries to record each of the merchandising transactions assuming that the PERIODIC inventory system is used.
| Nov. | 5 | Purchased 600 units of product at a cost of $10 per unit. Terms of the sale are 2/10, n/60; the invoice is dated November 5. |
| Nov. | 7 | Returned 25 defective units from the November 5 purchase and received full credit. |
| Nov. | 15 | Paid the amount due from the November 5 purchase, less the return on November 7. |
Solution
Journal entry ;
| Date | account & explanation | debit | credit |
| Nov 5 | Purchase | 6000 | |
| Account payable | 6000 | ||
| (To record purchase) | |||
| Nov 7 | Account payable (25*10) | 250 | |
| Purchase return and allowance | 250 | ||
| (To record purchase return) | |||
| Nov 15 | Account payable (6000-250) | 5750 | |
| Cash (5750*98%) | 5635 | ||
| Purchase discount | 115 | ||
| (To record amount paid) | |||
