1. Merchandising businesses acquire merchandise for resale to customers. It is the selling of
2. Yes. Gross profit is the excess of sales over cost of merchandise sold. A net loss arises when
4. a. 1% discount allowed if paid within 15 days of date of invoice; entire amount of invoice
5. Sales to customers who use MasterCard or VISA cards are recorded as cash sales.
6. a. A credit memo issued by the seller of merchandise indicates the amount for which the
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uyer’s account is to be credited (credit to Accounts Receivable) and the reason for the
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7. a. The buyer
8. Sales, Cost of Merchandise Sold, Merchandise Inventory.
10. Loss from Merchandise Inventory Shrinkage would be debited.
CHAPTER 6
ACCOUNTING FOR MERCHANDISING BUSINESSES
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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PE 6–1A
PE 6–1B
PE 6–2A
a. $13,328. Purchase of $18,228 [$18,600 – ($18,600 × 2%)] less the return of
PE 6–2B
PE 6–3A
a. Accounts Receivable [$72,500 – ($72,500 × 2%)] 71,050
Sales 71,050
PE 6–3B
a. Accounts Receivable [$92,500 – ($92,500 × 1%)] 91,575
Sales 91,575
PRACTICE EXERCISES
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PE 6–4A
a. $75,250. Purchase of $89,100 [$90,000 – ($90,000 × 1%)] less return of
PE 6–4B
a. $31,680. Purchase of $35,640 [$36,000 – ($36,000 × 1%)] less return of
PE 6–5A
Sather Co. journal entries:
Accounts Receivable—Boone Co. 31,164
Sales 31,164
[$31,800 – ($31,800 × 2%)]
Boone Co. journal entries:
Merchandise Inventory [$31,800 – ($31,800 × 2%)] 31,164
PE 6–5B
Shore Co. journal entries:
Accounts Receivable—Blue Star Co. 109,760
Sales 109,760
[$112,000 – ($112,000 × 2%)]
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PE 6–5B (Continued)
Blue Star Co. journal entries:
Merchandise Inventory 111,560
PE 6–6A
Nov. 30 Cost of Merchandise Sold 11,600
PE 6–6B
Dec. 31 Cost of Merchandise Sold 23,250
PE 6–7A
a. 2016 2015
Ratio of net sales to assets 3.4* 3.5**
b. The change from 3.5 to 3.4 indicates an unfavorable trend in using assets to
PE 6–7B
a. 2016 2015
b. The change from 2.2 to 2.4 indicates a favorable trend in using assets to
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Ex. 6–1
a. $1,856,300 ($4,885,000 – $3,028,700)
Ex. 6–2
Ex. 6–3
a. $22,572. Purchase of $28,611 [$28,900 – ($28,900 × 1%)] less return of
Ex. 6–4
The offer of Supplier Two is lower than the offer of Supplier One. Details are as follows:
Supplier One Supplier Two
List price $100,000 $99,750
Ex. 6–5
(2) Paid freight, $300.
EXERCISES
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Ex. 6–6
a. Merchandise Inventory [$75,000 – ($75,000 × 2%)] 73,500
Accounts Payable 73,500
Ex. 6–7
a. Merchandise Inventory [$48,000 – ($48,000 × 1%)] 47,520
Accounts Payable—Atlas Co. 47,520
b. Accounts Payable—Atlas Co. 47,520
Cash 47,520
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Ex. 6–8
a. Cash 30,000
Sales 30,000
d. Cash 72,000
Sales 72,000
Ex. 6–9
a. 2016
Dec. 31 Sales ($1,800,000 × 1.5%) 27,000
Customer Refunds Payable 27,000
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Ex. 6–10
a. $27,440 [$28,000 – ($28,000 × 2%)]
b. Customers Refunds Payable 27,440
Cash 27,440
Ex. 6–11
(2) Recorded the cost of the merchandise sold and reduced the merchandise
inventory account, $25,200.
(4) Updated the merchandise inventory account for the cost of the merchandise
Ex. 6–12
a. $55,370 [$56,500 – ($56,500 × 2%)]
Ex. 6–13
a. $22,500 ($27,000 – $4,500)
b. $15,763. Purchase of $18,228 [$18,600 – ($18,600 × 2%)] less return of
$2,940 [$3,000 – ($3,000 × 2%)] plus freight of $475.
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Ex. 6–14
a. Accounts Receivable—Balboa Co. 254,500
Sales 254,500
b. Customer Refunds Payable 30,000
Accounts Receivable—Balboa Co. 30,000
Ex. 6–15
a. Merchandise Inventory 254,500
Accounts Payable—Showcase Co. 254,500
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Ex. 6–16
Balance Sheet Accounts Income Statement Accounts
100 Assets 400 Revenues
110 Cash 410 Sales
112 Accounts Receivable 500 Expenses
200 Liabilities 532 Depreciation Expense—
210 Accounts Payable Office Equipment
Note: The order and number of some of the accounts within subclassifications is
somewhat arbitrary, as in accounts 115–117, accounts 520–524, and accounts
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Ex. 6–17
a. At the time of sale
Ex. 6–18
a. Accounts Receivable 65,940
Sales 62,800
b. Sales Tax Payable 39,650
Ex. 6–19
a. debit
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Ex. 6–20
a. Gross profit: $10,165,000 ($25,565,000 – $15,400,000)
b. No, there could be other income and expense items that could affect the
Ex. 6–21
a. Selling expense, (1), (2), (7), (8)
Ex. 6–22
a. $379,900 ($463,400 – $83,500)
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Ex. 6–23
a.
Sales $6,410,000
Cost of merchandise sold 3,800,000
Gross profit $2,610,000
b. The major advantage of the multiple-step form of income statement is that
PRESTIGE FURNISHINGS COMPANY
Income Statement
For the Year Ended October 31, 2016
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Ex. 6–24
2. Deducting the total expenses from gross profit would yield income from
operations (or operating income).
4. The final amount on the income statement should be labeled net income, not
gross profit.
A correct income statement would be as follows:
Sales $8,595,000
Cost of merchandise sold 6,110,000
Gross profit $2,485,000
Expenses:
CURBSTONE COMPANY
Income Statement
For the Year Ended August 31, 2016
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Ex. 6–25
Revenues:
Sales $9,332,500
Rent revenue 60,000
Total revenues $9,392,500
Ex. 6–26
Cost of Merchandise Sold 45,200
Merchandise Inventory 45,200
Ex. 6–27
(b) Advertising Expense
CUSTOM WIRE & TUBING COMPANY
Income Statement
For the Year Ended April 30, 2016
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Ex. 6–28
2016
Oct. 31 Sales 6,410,000
Income Summary 6,410,000
31 Income Summary 5,065,000
Cost of Merchandise Sold 3,800,000
Ex. 6–29
2016
July 31 Sales 1,437,000
Income Summary 1,437,000
31 Income Summary 1,402,500
Administrative Expenses 440,000
Closing Entries
Closing Entries
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Ex. 6–30
a. Year 2: 1.75 {$70,395 ÷ [($40,518 + $40,125) ÷ 2]}
Ex. 6–31
a. 3.85 {$90,374 ÷ [($23,476 + $23,505) ÷ 2]}
b. Although Kroger and Tiffany are both retail stores, Tiffany sells jewelry using a
much longer operating cycle than Kroger uses selling groceries. Thus, Kroger is
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Ex. 6–32
(a) credit
Ex. 6–33
Jan. 2 Purchases 18,200
Accounts Payable 18,200
13 Accounts Receivable [$37,300 – ($37,300 × 1%)] 36,927
Sales 36,927
15 Delivery Expense 215
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Ex. 6–35
a. Cost of merchandise sold:
Merchandise inventory, May 1, 2015 $ 380,000
Purchases $3,800,000
Less: Purchases returns and
Ex. 6–36
Cost of merchandise sold:
Merchandise inventory, November 1 $ 28,000
Purchases $475,000
Less: Purchases returns and
allowances $15,000
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Ex. 6–37
Cost of merchandise sold:
Merchandise inventory, July 1 $ 190,850
Purchases $1,126,000
Less: Purchases returns and
allowances $46,000
Ex. 6–38
2. Purchases returns and allowances and purchases discounts should be deducted
from (not added to) purchases.
4. Freight in should be added to net purchases to yield cost of merchandise
purchased.
A correct cost of merchandise sold section is as follows:
Cost of merchandise sold:
Merchandise inventory, June 1, 2015 $ 91,300
Purchases $1,110,000
Less: Purchases returns and
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