On May 11, Smythe Co. accepts delivery' of $30,000 of merchandise it purchases for resale from Hope
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On May 11, Smythe Co. accepts delivery' of $30,000 of merchandise it purchases for resale from Hope Corporation. With the merchandise is an invoice dated May 11, with terms of 3/10, n/90, FOB ship¬
ping point. The cost of the goods for Hope is $20,000. When the goods are delivered, Smythe pays
$335 to Express Shipping for delivery' charges on the merchandise. On May 12, Smythe returns $1,200 of goods to Hope, who receives them one day later and restores them to inventory. The returned goods had cost Hope $800. On May 20, Smythe mails a check to Hope Corporation for the amount owed.
Hope receives it the following day. (Both Smythe and Hope use a perpetual inventory system)
1. Prepare journal entries that Smythe Co. records for these transactions.
2. Prepare journal entries that Hope Corporation records for these transactions. lom1
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