Question

On December 31, 2019, the unadjusted credit balance of the Allowance for Overvaluation of Inventories: Hope Branch ledger account in the accounting records of the home office of Farah Company was $60,000. The home office of Farah ships merchandise to the branch at a markup of 20% on billed price. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the branch had reported a net loss (based on billed prices of merchandise shipped from home office) of $18,400 and ending inventories (all received from home office) of $132,000 at billed prices.

Required:
Prepare journal entries for the home office of Farah Company on December 31, 2019, to record the foregoing information.

Answer 1

Journal entries

Date Particulars Debit Credit

31, Dec 19 Investment in Branch Office $132,000

To Inventories $110,000

To Allowance for Overvaluation of $20,000

Inventories

31, Dec 19 Profit and loss $18,400

To Investment in Branch Office $18,400

31, Dec 19 Allowance for Overvaluation $10,000

of Inventories

To Realized Gross Profit: Branch Sales $10,000

Workings

1. Unrealized Inter-company Inventory Profit = (132,000/120) * 20 = $22,000

Shipment to Branch = 132,000 - 22,000 = $110,000

2. Unrealized Inter-company Inventory Profit = (60,000/120) * 2 = $10,000