### Journal Entry for Sales Discounts**Background Information:**The company has an unadjusted debit balance in Accounts Receivable of $25,000 and an unadjusted credit balance of $10 in Allowance for Sales Discounts as of December 31. Of the $25,000 of receivables, $10,000 are within a 2% discount period that the company expects the buyers to take.**Journal Entry Instruction:**- Note: Enter debits before credits.---**General Journal Entry:**| Date | General Journal | Debit | Credit ||--------|-------------------------|-------|--------|| 12/31 | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | |This template requires entries to be recorded under the "General Journal" column. Here is how you might enter the expected discount:- **General Journal Details:** Enter "Sales Discounts" and related account.- **Debit and Credit Entries:** Adjust the debit and credit amounts according to the 2% expected discount on $10,000, which results in a $200 sales discount.Therefore, your entry in the journal should adjust for this expected discount by debiting "Sales Discounts" and crediting "Allowance for Sales Discounts" accordingly.

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ted balanc Receivab OT company has an unac $25,000 and an unadjusted credit balance of $10 in Allowance for Sales Discounts as of December 31. Of the $25,000 of receivables, $10,000 are within a 2% discount period that the company expects the buyers to take. te: Enter debits before credits. Date 12/31 General Journal Debit Credit

ted balanc Receivab OT company has an unac $25,000 and an unadjusted credit balance of $10 in Allowance for Sales Discounts as of December 31. Of the $25,000 of receivables, $10,000 are within a 2% discount period that the company expects the buyers to take. te: Enter debits before credits. Date 12/31 General Journal Debit Credit

Century 21 Accounting General Journal

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337680059

Author:Gilbertson

Publisher:Gilbertson

Chapter11: Accounting For Transactions Using A General Journal

Section11.2: Recording Sales Transactions Using A General Journal

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