Exercise 4-16A Recording sales, purchases, and discounts: buyer and seller- periodic LO P5

Santa Fe Retailing purchased merchandise as is (with no returns) from Mesa Wholesalers with credit terms of 3/10, n/60 and an invoice price of $19,000. The merchandise had cost Mesa $12,958. Assume that both buyer and seller use a periodic inventory system and the gross method. 1. Prepare entries that the buyer should record for (a) the purchase, (b) cash payment within the discount period, and (c) cash payment after the discount period. 2. Prepare entries that the seller should record for (a) the sale, (b) cash collection within the discount period, and (c) cash collection after the discount period.