Accounting for Merchandising Operations

Presented below are transactions related to R. Humphrey Company
  1. On December 3, R. Humphrey Company sold $570,000 of merchandise to Frazier Co., terms 1/10, n/30, FOB destination. R Humphrey paid $400 for freight charges. The cost of the merchandise sold was $350,000.
  2. On December 8, Frazier Co. was granted an allowance of $20,000 for merchandise purchased on December 3.
  3. On december 13, R. Humphrey Company received the balance due from Frazier Co.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries to record these transactions on the books of R. Humphrey Company using a perpetual inventory system.
  2. Assume that R. Humphrey Company received the balance due from Frazier Co. on January 2 of the following year instead of December 13. Prepare the journal entry to record the receipt of payment on January 2.

On June 10, Diaz Company purchased $8,000 of merchandise from Taylor Company, FOB shipping point, terms 2/10, n/30. Diaz pays the freight costs of $400 on June 11. Damaged goods totaling $300 are returned to Taylor for credit on June 12. The fair value of these goods is $70. On June 19, Diaz pays Taylor Company in full, less the purchased discount. Both companies use a perpetual inventory system.

Instructions

  1. Prepare separate entries for each transaction on the books of Diaz Company.
  2. Prepare separate entries for each transaction for Taylor Company. The merchandise purchased by Diaz on June 10 had cost Taylor $4,800.

The adjusted trial balance of Sang Company shows the following data pertaining to sales at the end of its fiscal year October 31, 2019; Sales Revenue $820,000, Freight-Out $16,000, Sales Returns and Allowances $25,000, and Sales discounts $13,000.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the sales section of the income statement.
  2. Prepare separate closing entris for (1) sales revenue, and (2) the contra accounts to sales revenue.

Tim Jarosz Company had the following account balances at year-end; Cost of Goods Sold $60,000, Inventory $15,000, Operating Expenses $29,000, Sales Revenue $115,000, Sales Discounts $1,200, and Sales Returns and Allowances $1,700. A physical count of inventory determines that merchandise inventory on hand is $13,600.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the adjusting entry necessary as a result of the physical count.
  2. Prepare closing entries

Presented below is information related to Hoerl Co. for the month of January 2020.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the necessary adjusting entry for inventory.
  2. Prepare the necessary closing entries.

Presented below is information for Kaila Company for the month of March 2019.

Instructions

  1. Prepare a multiple-step income statement
  2. Compute the gross profit rate.

In its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2019. Anhad Company reported the following condensed data.
Operating expenses$725,000Interest revenue$28,000
Cost of goods sold1,289,000Loss on disposal of plant assets17,000
Interest expense70,000Net sales2,200,000

Instructions

  1. Prepare a multiple-step income statement.
  2. Prepare a single-step income statement.

An inexperienced accountant for Stahr Company made the following errors in recording merchandising transactions.
  1. A $210 refund to a customer for faulty merchandise was debited to Sales revenue $210 and credited to Cash $210.
  2. A $180 credit purchase of supplies was debited to inventory $180 and credited to Cash $180.
  3. A $215 sales discount was debited to Sales Revenue
  4. A cash payment of $20 for freight on merchandise purchase was debited to Freight-out $200 and credited to Cash $200

Instructions

Prepare separate correcting entries for each error, assuming that the incorrect entry is not reversed. (Omit explanations.)

In 2019, Laquen Company had net sales of $900,000 and cost of goods sold of $522,000. Operating expenses were $225,000, and interest expense was $11,000. Laquen prepares a multiple-step income statement.

Instructions

  1. Compute Laquen's gross profit.
  2. Compute the gross profit rate. Why is this rate computed by financial statement users?.
  3. What is Laquen's income from operations and net income?
  4. If Laquen prepared a single-step income statement, what amount would it report for et income?
  5. In what section of its classified balance sheet should Laqen report inventory?

Presented below is financial information for two different companies.

Instructions

  1. Determine the missing amounts.
  2. Determine the gross profit rates. (Round to one decimal place.)

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