24) Metro Company sells lawn and garden products to wholesalers. The company’s fiscal year-end is December 31. During 2020, the following transactions related to receivables occurred:   2/28     Sold merchandise to Lennox, Inc., for $10,000 and accepted a 10%, 7-month note. 10% is an       appropriate rate for this type of note.   3/31     Sold merchandise to Maddox Co. and accepted a noninterest-bearing note with a discount rate of             10%. The $8,000 payment is due on March 31, 2019. 4/3       Sold merchandise to Carr Co. for $7,000 with terms 2/10, n/30. Metro uses the gross method to   account for cash discounts.

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24) Metro Company sells lawn and garden products to wholesalers. The company’s fiscal year-end is December 31. During 2020, the following transactions related to receivables occurred:

 

2/28     Sold merchandise to Lennox, Inc., for $10,000 and accepted a 10%, 7-month note. 10% is an       appropriate rate for this type of note.

 

3/31     Sold merchandise to Maddox Co. and accepted a noninterest-bearing note with a discount rate of             10%. The $8,000 payment is due on March 31, 2019.

4/3       Sold merchandise to Carr Co. for $7,000 with terms 2/10, n/30. Metro uses the gross method to   account for cash discounts.

4/11      Collected the entire amount due from Carr Co.

6/30      Discounted the Lennox, Inc., note at the bank. The bank’s discount rate is 12%. The note was      discounted without recourse.

 

12/31   An adjusting entry is recorded for the Maddox note

.Required:

Prepare the necessary journal entries for Metro for each of the above dates. For transactions involving the sale of merchandise, ignore the entry for the cost of goods sold (round all calculations to the nearest dollar).

 

Date

Account titles and Explanations

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Feb-28

10% Notes receivables

10000

 

 

          Sales Revenue

 

10000

 

( To record notes receivable accepted )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-31

Notes receivables

8000

 

 

          Discount ( 8000 * 10% )

 

800

 

          Sales revenue

 

7200

 

( To record non interest bearing note )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr-03

Account receivables

7000

 

 

          Sales revenue

 

7000

 

( To record merchandise sold )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr-11

Cash

6860

 

 

Sales discount ( 7000 * 2% )

140

 

 

          Account receivables

 

7000

 

( To record cash received )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun-30

Interest receivables ( 10000 * 10% * 4/12 )

333

 

 

          Interest revenue

 

333

 

 

 

 

 

Cash ( see working )

10266

 

 

Loss on sale of notes receivable

67

 

 

          Interest receivables

 

333

 

          Notes receivable

 

10000

 

 

 

 

Dec-31

Discount

600

 

 

          Interest revenue ( 8000 * 10% * 9 /12 )

 

600

 

( To record adjusting entry for Maddox note )

 

 

Working :

Calculation of cash received :

Amount ($)

Face value

10000

Interest for 7 month at 10%

583

Less : Discount on 12%  ( 10583 * 12% *3/12 )

-317

Cash received 

10266

 

 

Use the following to answer the question(s) below:

 

Shown below is the activity for one of the products of Random Creations:

 

January 1 balance, 100 units @ $50

Purchases:

            January 18: 40 units @ $51

            January 25: 40 units @ $52

Sales:

            January 22: 60 units

            January 31: 50 units

 

25-1) Required: Compute the January 31 cost of ending inventory, assuming Random Creations uses FIFO and periodic inventory system.


Cost of ending inventory: $____________________

 

Your computations:

 

 

 

25-2) Required: Compute the cost of goods sold for January, assuming Random Creations uses LIFO and periodicinventory system.

 

Cost of goods sold: $____________________

 

Your computations:

 

 

25-3) Required: Compute the cost of goods sold for January, assuming Random Creations uses LIFO and perpetual inventory system.

 

Cost of goods sold: $____________________

 

Your computations: 

 

 

25-4) Required: Compute the January 31 cost of ending inventory, assuming Random Creations uses average cost and periodic inventory system.

 

Cost of ending inventory: $____________________

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