Chapter 5, Problem 7E

Exercise 5-7

Recording sales, purchases, shipping, and returns—buyer and seller

P1 P2

Sydney Retailing (buyer) and Troy Wholesalers (seller) enter into the following transactions. Both Sydney and Troy use a perpetual inventory system and the gross method.

May 11 Sydney accepts delivery of $40,000 of merchandise it purchases for resale from Troy: invoice dated May ii; terms 3/10, n/90; FOB shipping point. The goods cost Troy $30,000. Sydney pays $345 cash to Express Shipping for delivery charges on the merchandise.

12 Sydney returns $1,400 of the $40,000 of goods to Troy, who receives them the same day and restores them to its inventory. The returned goods had cost Troy $1,050.

20 Sydney pays Troy for the amount owed. Troy receives the cash immediately.

1. Prepare journal entries that Sydney Retailing (buyer) records for these three transactions.

2. Prepare journal entries that Troy Wholesalers (seller) records for these three transactions.