Question

On April ​3, a customer returned $ 900 of merchandise that had been purchased with cash to Cooke Supplies. Cooke​'s cost of the goods returned was $ 200. Which journal entry or entries should Cooke ​prepare? (No sales discount was offered for early​ payment.)

Answer 1

The Journal entries are as follows:

(i) Sales revenue A/c Dr. $900

To Cash $900

(To record the correction in sales revenue)

(ii) Merchandise Inventory A/c Dr. $200

To Cost of Goods sold $200

(To record the merchandise returned)

Note:

(1) At the time of sale, the cash would have been debited with the amount of $900 and the sales revenue would have been credited with the amount of $900. Now, the cash of $900 should be credited as it was debited earlier.

(2) The inventory account also credited at the time sale, so it should be debited and the cost of goods sold debited at the time of original sale, so it need to be credited.