Chapter 1, Problem 15P

Financial accounting

Given the solution and accounting question

The following data were selected from the records of Fluwars Company for the year ended December 31, current year:   Balances at January 1, current year:          Accounts receivable (various customers)    $    111,500Allowance for doubtful accounts         11,200   The company sold merchandise for cash and on open account with credit terms 1/10, n/30, without a right of return.   The following transactions occurred during the current year: Sold merchandise for cash, $252,000.Sold merchandise to Abbey Corp; invoice amount, $36,000.Sold merchandise to Brown Company; invoice amount, $47,600.Abbey paid the invoice in (b) within the discount period.Sold merchandise to Cavendish Inc.; invoice amount, $50,000.Collected $113,100 cash from customers for credit sales made during the year, all within the discount periods.Brown paid its account in full within the discount period.Sold merchandise to Decca Corporation; invoice amount, $42,400.Cavendish paid its account in full after the discount…