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Exercise 7-12 Presented below is information related to James Garfield Corp. Pre

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Exercise 7-12

Presented below is information related to James Garfield Corp.


Prepare all necessary entries in general journal form for Garfield Corp. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.)

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

7/1

7/5

7/9

(To record discount forfeited)

7/9

7/11

12/29

July 1 James Garfield Corp. sold to Warren Harding Co. merchandise having a sales price of $14,000 with terms 2/10, net/60. Garfield records its sales and receivables net. 5 Accounts receivable of $14,600 (gross) are factored with Andrew Jackson Credit Corp. without recourse at a financing charge of 9%. Cash is received for the proceeds; collections are handled by the finance company. (These accounts were all past the discount period.) 9 Specific accounts receivable of $14,600 (gross) are pledged to Alf Landon Credit Corp. as security for a loan of $6,900 at a finance charge of 7% of the amount of the loan. The finance company will make the collections. (All the accounts receivable are past the discount period.) Dec. 29 Warren Harding Co. notifies Garfield that it is bankrupt and will pay only 10% of its account. Give the entry to write off the uncollectible balance using the allowance method. (Note: First record the increase in the receivable on July 11 when the discount period passed.)

Explanation / Answer

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

7/1

Accounts Receivable

14000

Sales Revenue

14000

7/5

Cash

13286

Finance charge

1314

Account Receivable

14600

7/9

Security

6900

Finance charge

483

Account receivable

7383

7/9

Discount forfeited

7217

Account receivable

7217

7/11

No Entry

12/29

Bad debt

12600

Cash

1400

Account receivable

14000

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

7/1

Accounts Receivable

14000

Sales Revenue

14000

7/5

Cash

13286

Finance charge

1314

Account Receivable

14600

7/9

Security

6900

Finance charge

483

Account receivable

7383

7/9

Discount forfeited

7217

Account receivable

7217

7/11

No Entry

12/29

Bad debt

12600

Cash

1400

Account receivable

14000

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