Chapter 7, Problem 2E

To determine

Journal Entry:

It means record of financial data related to business transactions in a journal in a manner so that debit equals credit. It provides an audit trail to the auditor and a means to analyze the effects of transactions to an organization’s financial health.

Rules of Journal Entry:

The rules for journal entry are defined by 5 accounting components,

• Assets: Increase in asset should be debit and decrease should be credit.
• Liabilities: Increase in liabilities should be credit and decrease should be debit.
• Equity: Increase in Equity should be credit and decrease should be debit.
• Expense: Increase in expense should be debit and decrease should be credit.
• Revenue: Increase in revenue should be credit and decrease should be debit.

Credit Card:

It refers to the card made of plastic and issued by a bank. It provides an individual to buy goods and services on credit when they have shortage of cash.

Perpetual Inventory System:

It refers to the system of recording transaction related to inventories at the time of their occurrence. Each sale and purchase is recorded at the time they occurred.

To prepare: Journal entries for the given credit card sales transactions.