Chapter 5: Accounting Systems
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The following are selected transactions related to purchases on account and cash payments completed during
April
of the current year.
April 1 Issued Check No. 60 in payment of rent for month, $2,400.
5 Purchased office supplies from Clauson Co., $850.
9
Issued Check No. 61 to Dame Co. for $9,750 for cash purchase of equipment.
10
Purchased store supplies from Ewing Co., $425.
15 Issued Check No. 62 to Clauson Co. in payment of April 5 invoice.
17 Purchased store supplies from Patton Co., $7,500.
20 Issued Check No. 63 to Ewing Co. in payment of April 10 invoice of $425.
25 Purchased equipment from Sloan Co., $7,750.
27 Issued Check No. 64 to Patton Co. for partial payment of the April 17 invoice, $4,000.
30 Purchased office supplies from Winthrop Co., $400.
(a)
Record the transactions in the purchases and cash payments journals.
(b)
Total and rule the purchases and cash payments journals as of April 30.
(c)
Indicate the method of posting the individual items and the totals of the purchases and
cash
payments journals in the following manner:
(1)
For individual items and totals to be posted to the subsidiary ledger or not to be
posted,
insert a check mark in the Posting Reference column or below the totals.
(2)
For individual items and totals to be posted to the general ledger, insert the letter
“G”
(as a substitute for specific account numbers) in the Posting Reference
column or
below the totals.
CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL
PURCHASES JOURNAL )
(
( Other Accounts Dr.
( Office
(
Supplies
Post.
( Dr. Account Ref. Amount