Description : Which of the following would not be classified as a contra account? a. Sales b. Sales Returns and Allowances c. Accumulated Depreciation d. Sales Discounts
Last Answer : a. Sales
Description : A credit memorandum is used as documentation for a journal entry that requires a debit to a. Sales and a credit to Cash. b. Sales Returns and Allowances and a credit to Accounts Receivable. c. ... and a credit to a contra-revenue account. d. Cash and a credit to Sales Returns and Allowances.
Last Answer : d. Cash and a credit to Sales Returns and Allowances.
Description : West Company has the following account balances: Purchases $48,000 Sales Returns and Allowances 6,400 Purchase Discounts 4,000 Freight-in 3,000 Delivery Expense 4,000 The cost of goods purchased for the period is a. $52,000. b. $47,000. c. $51,000. d. $44,600.
Last Answer : . $47,000.
Description : All of the following are contra revenue accounts except a. sales. b. sales allowances. c. sales discounts. d. sales returns.
Last Answer : a. sales.
Description : Which of the following accounts has a normal credit balance? a. Sales Returns and Allowances b. Sales Discounts c. Sales d. Selling Expense
Last Answer : c. Sales
Description : A sales discount does not a. provide the purchaser with a cash saving. b. reduce the amount of cash received from a credit sale. c. increase a contra-revenue account. d. increase an operating expense account.
Last Answer : d. increase an operating expense account.
Description : he journal entry to record a return of merchandise purchased on account under a perpetual inventory system would include a. Accounts Payable Sales Returns and Allowances b. Purchase Returns and ... Accounts Payable c. Accounts Payable Inventory d. Merchandise Inventory Cost of Goods Sold
Last Answer : d. Merchandise Inventory Cost of Goods Sold
Description : The respective normal account balances of Sales, Sales Returns and Allowances, and Sales Discounts are a. credit, credit, credit. b. debit, credit, debit. c. credit, debit, debit. d. credit, debit, credit.
Last Answer : c. credit, debit, debit.
Description : When a seller grants credit for returned goods, the account that is credited is a. Sales. b. Sales Returns and Allowances. c. Merchandise Inventory. d. Accounts Receivable.
Last Answer : d. Accounts Receivable.
Description : A Sales Returns and Allowances account is not debited if a customer a. returns defective merchandise. b. receives a credit for merchandise of inferior quality. c. utilizes a prompt payment incentive.
Last Answer : c. utilizes a prompt payment incentive.
Description : The Sales Returns and Allowances account does not provide information to management about a. possible inferior merchandise. b. the percentage of credit sales versus cash sales. c. inefficiencies in filling orders. d. errors in overbilling customers.
Last Answer : b. the percentage of credit sales versus cash sales.
Description : When goods are returned that relate to a prior cash sale, a. the Sales Returns and Allowances account should not be used. b. the cash account will be credited. c. Sales Returns and Allowances will be credited. d. Accounts Receivable will be credited.
Last Answer : b. the cash account will be credited.
Description : The journal entry to record a return of merchandise purchased on account under a perpetual inventory system would credit a. Accounts Payable. b. Purchase Returns and Allowances. c. Sales. d. Merchandise Inventory.
Last Answer : d. Merchandise Inventory.
Description : If a customer agrees to retain merchandise that is defective because the seller is willing to reduce the selling price, this transaction is known as a sales a. discount. b. return. c. contra asset. d. allowance.
Last Answer : b. return.
Description : Net sales is sales less a. sales discounts. b. sales returns. c. sales returns and allowances. d. sales discounts and sales returns and allowances.
Last Answer : d. sales discounts and sales returns and allowances.
Description : In the Clark Company, sales were $480,000, sales returns and allowances were $30,000, and cost of goods sold was $288,000. The gross profit rate was a. 64%. b. 36%. c. 40%. d. 60%.
Last Answer : b. 36%.
Description : Which of the following accounts has a normal debit balance? a. Merchandise Inventory b. Sales Returns and Allowances c. Cost of goods sold d. Sales
Last Answer : d. Sales
Description : A company shows the following balances: Sales $1,000,000 Sales Returns and Allowances 180,000 Sales Discounts 20,000 Cost of Goods Sold 560,000 What is the gross profit percentage? a. 56% b. 70% c. 44% d. 30%
Last Answer : d. 30%
Description : In a perpetual inventory system, a return of defective merchandise by a cash customer is recorded by crediting a. Accounts Payable and Cash. b. Merchandise Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold c. Purchases Returns and Allowances and Merchandise Inventory. d. .Cash and Cost of Goods Sold.
Last Answer : d. .Cash and Cost of Goods Sold.
Description : Proposed dividend is a-------- a) Current liability b) Current asset c) Noncurrent liability d) Expense
Last Answer : a) Current liability
Description : With respect to the income statement, a. contra-revenue accounts do not appear on the income statement. b. sales discounts increase the amount of sales. c. contra-revenue accounts increase the amount of operating expenses. d. sales discounts are included in the calculation of gross profit.
Last Answer : d. sales discounts are included in the calculation of gross profit.
Description : The credit terms offered to a customer by a business firm are 2/10, n/30, which means that a. the customer must pay the bill within 10 days. b. the customer can deduct a 2% discount if the ... date. d. two sales returns can be made within 10 days of the invoice date and no returns thereafter.
Last Answer : c. the customer can deduct a 2% discount if the bill is paid within 10 days of the invoice date.
Description : The Freight-in account a. increases the cost of merchandise purchased. b. is contra to the Purchases account. c. is a permanent account. d. has a normal credit balance
Last Answer : a. increases the cost of merchandise purchased.
Description : Hale Company sells merchandise on account for $1,500 to Kear Company with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. Kear Company returns $300 of merchandise that was damaged, along with a check to settle the account within the discount ... is the amount of the check? a. $1,470 b. $1,476 c. $1,200 d. $1,176
Last Answer : d. $1,176
Description : Holt Company sells merchandise on account for $2,000 to Jones Company with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. Jones Company returns $400 of merchandise that was damaged, along with a check to settle the account within the discount ... the amount of the check? a. $1,960 b. $1,968 c. $1,600 d. $1,568
Last Answer : d. $1,568
Description : On a classified balance sheet, merchandise inventory is classified as a. an intangible asset. b. property, plant, and equipment. c. a current asset. d. a long-term investment.
Last Answer : c. a current asset.
Description : An intangible asset a. does not have physical substance, yet often is very valuable. b. is worthless because it has no physical substance. c. is converted into a tangible asset during the operating cycle. d. cannot be classified on the balance sheet because it lacks physical substance.
Last Answer : a. does not have physical substance, yet often is very valuable.
Description : Office Equipment is classified in the balance sheet as a. a current asset. b. property, plant, and equipment. c. an intangible asset. d. a long-term investment.
Last Answer : b. property, plant, and equipment.
Description : Purchase of fixed asset is classified as------activity a) financing b) investing c) operating d) others
Last Answer : Purchase of fixed asset is classified as------activity a) financing b) investing c) operating d) others
Description : At the beginning of April, Logan Enterprises had a $400 balance in the Supplies account. During the month, Logan purhchased additional supplies for $500. At April 30, the company had $350 of supplies on hand. The balance ... be closed to Income Summary is a. $350. b. $400. c. .$500. d. $550.
Last Answer : d. $550.
Description : The final closing entry to be journalized is typically the entry that closes the a. revenue accounts. b. dividends account. c. retained earnings account. d. expense accounts.
Last Answer : b. dividends account.
Description : In preparing closing entries a. each revenue account will be credited. b. each expense account will be credited. c. the retained earnings account will be debited if there is net income for the period. d. the dividends account will be debited.
Last Answer : b. each expense account will be credited.
Description : Which of the following is a true statement about closing the books of a corporation? a. Expenses are closed to the Expense Summary account. b. Only revenues are closed to the Income Summary ... account. d. Revenues, expenses, and the dividends account are closed to the Income Summary account.
Last Answer : c. Revenues and expenses are closed to the Income Summary account.
Description : Closing entries a. are prepared before the financial statements. b. reduce the number of permanent accounts. c. cause the revenue and expense accounts to have zero balances. d. summarize the activity in every account.
Last Answer : c. cause the revenue and expense accounts to have zero balances.
Description : Ingrid's Fashions sold merchandise for $38,000 cash during the month of July. Returns that month totaled $800. If the company's gross profit rate is 40%, Ingrid's will report monthly net sales revenue and cost of goods ... b. $37,200 and $14,880. c. $37,200 and $22,320. d. $38,000 and $22,320.
Last Answer : c. $37,200 and $22,320.
Description : )Quality costs include : 1. the total of all costs incurred to assure the production and delivery of acceptable products and services. 2. Only costs classified as prevention, detection and ... rework due to defects, customer returns and warranty costs. 4. The expense of upper management
Last Answer : 1. the total of all costs incurred to assure the production and delivery of acceptable products and services.
Description : The closing entry process consists of closing a. all asset and liability accounts. b. out the retained earnings account. c. all permanent accounts. d. all temporary accounts.
Last Answer : d. all temporary accounts.
Description : Which of the following is not an avoidable cause of labour turnover: (a) Dissatisfaction with Job (b) Lack of training facilities (c) Low wages and allowances (d) Disability, making a worker unfit for work
Last Answer : (d) Disability, making a worker unfit for work
Description : All of the following items would be reported as other expenses and losses except a. freight-out. b. casualty losses. c. interest expense. d. loss from employees' strikes.
Last Answer : a. freight-out.
Description : The operating expense section of an income statement for a wholesaler would not include a. freight-out. b. utilities expense. c. cost of goods sold. d. insurance expense
Last Answer : d. insurance expense
Description : Freight costs paid by a seller on merchandise sold to customers will cause an increase a. in the selling expense of the buyer. b. in operating expenses for the seller. c. to the cost of goods sold of the seller
Last Answer : b. in operating expenses for the seller.
Description : The index of efficiency and profitability of the business a) Operating ratio b) Operating profit ratio c) Expense ratio d) Net profit ratio
Last Answer : b) Operating profit ratio
Description : In preparing closing entries for a merchandising company, the Income Summary account will be credited for the balance of a. sales. b. merchandise inventory. c. sales discounts. d. freight-out.
Last Answer : b. merchandise inventory.
Description : The collection of a $900 account after the 2 percent discount period will result in a a. debit to Cash for $882. b. debit to Accounts Receivable for $900. c. debit to Cash for $900. d. debit to Sales Discounts for $18.
Last Answer : c. debit to Cash for $900.
Description : The collection of a $600 account within the 2 percent discount period will result in a a. debit to Sales Discounts for $12. b. debit to Accounts Receivable for $588. c. credit to Cash for $588. d. credit to Accounts Receivable for $588.
Last Answer : a. debit to Sales Discounts for $12.
Description : The entry to record the receipt of payment within the discount period on a sale of $750 with terms of 2/10, n/30 will include a credit to a. Sales Discounts for $15. b. Cash for $735. c. Accounts Receivable for $750. d. Sales for $750.
Last Answer : c. Accounts Receivable for $750.
Description : If a company is given credit terms of 2/10, n/30, it should a. hold off paying the bill until the end of the credit period, while investing the money at 10% annual interest during ... desperate for cash and withhold payment until the end of the credit period while negotiating a lower sales price.
Last Answer : b. pay within the discount period and recognize a savings.
Description : Accounting question: is it a fixed asset if multiple items total over $500?
Last Answer : The price is irrelevant to the definition of a fixed asset. The common definition is applicable to items not readily convertible to cash, such as your house or the new furnace in your house—things you are unlikely to buy or sell in a hock shop or yard sale.
Description : A current asset is a. the last asset purchased by a business. b. an asset which is currently being used to produce a product or service. c. usually found as a separate classification in the income statement. d. an asset that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year.
Last Answer : d. an asset that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year.
Description : Amount of calls in advance is treated as a) Secured creditor b) Preferential creditor c) Asset not specifically pledged d) Unsecured creditor
Last Answer : b) Preferential creditor