Question

Mackalya is an office secretary at the "All American Office Products Company." This Company sells office supplies and office equipment. The secretary fills the copy machine with paper. Did the secretary use inventory as described in Chapter 4? If Mackalya did not use inventory, what did she use? What is inventory? Suppose Mackalya was out of paper in the office; so she went out into the sales area of the facility and took 8 boxes of paper from the sales area and brought them back to use in the office. What journal entry should be made. When a Company sells inventory, the dollars leave the inventory account and go to what account? Make sure to answer all parts of this question.

Answer 1

1. Yes; Journal entry

2. Debit- Printing & Stationery Expense $160 (value for 8 boxes)

Credit- Cost of goods sold or Trading account A/c $160

3. Leaves to the cost of goods sold account

Explanation to:

1. Mackalaya used inventory. Remember, inventory is a term used to refer to all the merchandise (goods or products) a company has at the moment in stock.

2. The Journal entry to be made would be

Debit- Printing & Stationery Expense $160 and Credit this value to Cost of goods sold or Trading account A/c section of the Journal entry.

3. Remember, the cost of goods sold cares for all inventory sales, therefore it would be credited with value of the inventory item sold by the company.