Duke Corporation appropriately uses the installment-sales method of accounting. The following data were obtained for the years 2014 and 2015. Duke did not make any installment sales prior to 2014.

Instructions
(a) Compute the balance in the deferred gross profit accounts on December 31, 2014, and on December 31, 2015.
(b) A 2014 sale resulted in default in 2016. At the date of default, the balance on the installment receivable was $12,000, and the repossessed merchandise had a fair value of $8,000. Prepare the entry to record the repossession.

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2014 2015 Installment sales Cost of installment sales General & administrative expenses Cash collections on sales of 2014 Cash collections on sales of 2015 $600,000 480,000 25,000 250,000 $530,000 434,600 30,000 285,000 168,000