Zell Company had sales of $1,800,000 and related cost of merchandise sold of $1,150,000 for its first year of operations ending December 31, 20Y3. Zell Company provides customers refunds and allowances for any damaged merchandise. At the end of the year, Zell Company estimates that customers will request refunds and allowances for 1.5% of sales. Assume that on February 3, 20Y4, Zell Company paid a customer a $5,000 cash refund for damaged merchandise.

Required:

(a)	Journalize the adjusting entry on December 31, 20Y3, to record the expected customer refunds and allowances.*
(b)	Journalize the entry to record the cash refund.*
	*Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered.

Chart of Accounts

CHART OF ACCOUNTS

Zell Company

General Ledger

	ASSETS
110	Cash
120	Accounts Receivable
125	Notes Receivable
130	Merchandise Inventory
131	Estimated Returns Inventory
140	Office Supplies
141	Store Supplies
142	Prepaid Insurance
180	Land
192	Store Equipment
193	Accumulated Depreciation-Store Equipment
194	Office Equipment
195	Accumulated Depreciation-Office Equipment

	LIABILITIES
210	Accounts Payable
216	Salaries Payable
218	Sales Tax Payable
219	Customer Refunds Payable
220	Unearned Rent
221	Notes Payable

	EQUITY
310	Owner, Capital
311	Owner, Drawing

	REVENUE
410	Sales
610	Rent Revenue

	EXPENSES
510	Cost of Merchandise Sold
521	Delivery Expense
522	Advertising Expense
524	Depreciation Expense-Store Equipment
525	Depreciation Expense-Office Equipment
526	Salaries Expense
531	Rent Expense
533	Insurance Expense
534	Store Supplies Expense
535	Office Supplies Expense
536	Credit Card Expense
539	Miscellaneous Expense
710	Interest Expense

Journal

(a) Journalize the adjusting entry on December 31, 20Y3, to record the expected customer refunds and allowances. Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered. Scroll down to see the journal page for recording the cash refund customer.

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JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
1		Adjusting Entries
2	Text entry invalid
3

(b) Journalize the entry to record the cash refund. Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered.

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JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
1
2