Fundamental Accounting Principles -Hardcover
Fundamental Accounting Principles -Hardcover
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Chapter 5, Problem 17E

Exercise 5-17A
Recording purchases and sales-periodic system P5

Exercise 5-7 Analyzing and recording merchandise transactions—both buyer and seller P1 P2 Chapter 5, Problem 17E, Exercise 5-17A Recording purchases and sales-periodic system P5 Exercise 5-7 Analyzing and recording
Check (3) $465 savings

Refer to Exercise 5-7 and prepare journal entries to record each of the merchandising transactions assuming that the periodic inventory system is used by both the buyer and the seller. (Skip the part 3 requirement.)
Santa Fe Company purchased merchandise for resale from Mesa Company with an invoice price of $24.000 and credit terms of 3/10, n/60. The merchandise had cost Mesa $16,000. Santa Fe paid within the discount period. Assume that both buyer and seller use a perpetual inventory system.

  1. Prepare entries that the buyer should record for (a) the purchase and (b) the cash payment.
  2. Prepare entries that the seller should record for (a) the sale and (b) the cash collection.
  3. Assume that the buyer borrowed enough cash to pay the balance on the last day of the discount period at an annual interest rate of 8% and paid it back on the last day of the credit period. Compute how much the buyer saved by following this strategy. (Assume a 365-day year and round dollar amounts to the nearest cent, including computation of interest per day.)

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Problem c-3 Sales related and purchase related transactions for seller and buyer periodic inventory system the following selected transaction were completed during may between  simkins company and burk com may 6 simkins company sold merchandise on account to burk com. $18,500 6, Simkins Company paid transportation costs of $600 for delivery of merchandise sold O Burk Co. on May 6 Simkins Company sold merchandise on account to Burk Co., $15,750. termsFOB shipping point, n/eom Burk Go. returned merchandise purchased on account on May 6 from Simkins Company. $5,500 Burk Co. paid transportation charges of $300 on May 10 purchase from Simkins Company Simkins Company sold merchandise on account to Burk Co., $30,000, terms FOB shipping point 1/10, n/30. Simkins prepaid transportation costs of $1,750, which were added to the invoice. Burk Go. paid Simkins Company for purchase of May 6, less discount and less return of May 11. Burk Co. paid Simkins Company on account for purchase of…

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