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Exercise 5-20
Recording estimates of future returns
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Chico Company allows its customers to return merchandise within 30 days of purchase. At December 31, 2017, the end of its first year of operations, Chico estimates future-period merchandise returns of $60,000 (cost of $22,500) related to its 2017 sales.
. On January 3, 2018, a customer returns merchandise with a selling price of $2,000 for a cash refund; the returned merchandise cost $750 and is returned to inventory as it is not defective.
a. Prepare the December 31, 2017, year-end
b. Prepare the December 31, 2017, year-end adjusting journal entry for estimated future inventory returns and allowances (cost side).
c. Prepare the January 3, 2018, journal entry(ies) to record the merchandise returned.
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