The chart of accounts of Henry Company includes the following selected accounts. 112 Accounts Receivable 120 Inventory
Question:
The chart of accounts of Henry Company includes the following selected accounts.
112 Accounts Receivable
120 Inventory
126 Supplies
157 Equipment
201 Accounts Payable
401 Sales Revenue
412 Sales Returns and Allowances
505 Cost of Goods Sold
610 Advertising Expense
In May, the following selected transactions were completed. All purchases and sales were on account except as indicated. The cost of all merchandise sold was 60% of the sales price.
May 2 Purchased merchandise from Berkman Company $5,000.
3 Received freight bill from Fast Freight on Berkman purchase $250.
5 Sales were made to Persinger Company $1,300, Fehr Bros. $2,300, and Mount
Company $1,000.
8 Purchased merchandise from Kayser Company $5,400 and Neufeld Company $3,000.
10 Received credit on merchandise returned to Neufeld Company $350.
15 Purchased supplies from Rabel’s Supplies $600.
16 Purchased merchandise from Berkman Company $3,100, and Kayser Company $4,200.
17 Returned supplies to Rabel’s Supplies, receiving credit $70. (Hint: Credit Supplies.)
18 Received freight bills on May 16 purchases from Fast Freight $325.
20 Returned merchandise to Berkman Company receiving credit $200.
23 Made sales to Fehr Bros. $1,600 and to Mount Company $2,500.
25 Received bill for advertising from Mock Advertising $620.
26 Granted allowance to Mount Company for merchandise damaged in shipment $140.
28 Purchased equipment from Rabel’s Supplies $400.
Instructions
(a) Journalize the transactions above in a purchases journal, a sales journal, and a general journal. The purchases journal should have the following column headings: Date, Account Credited (Debited), Ref., Accounts Payable Cr., Inventory Dr., and Other Accounts Dr.
(b) Post to both the general and subsidiary ledger accounts. (Assume that all accounts have zero beginning balances.)
(c) Prove the agreement of the control and subsidiary accounts.
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
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Accounting Principles
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11th Edition
Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso