HELP - how to work out discounts when the figure is missing

tracey4
tracey4 Registered Posts: 2 New contributor 🐸
Hi

can anyone help me with this, I'm needing to know who to work out discounts allowed and received when the figure is missing from the accounts records all together?

Tracey

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  • A-Vic
    A-Vic Registered Posts: 6,970 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    You start with drawing a t-account put in any opening balance then closing balance then any payments and sales then the balancing figure will be the missing figure i hope this helps

    Or someone else can explane it better
  • tracey4
    tracey4 Registered Posts: 2 New contributor 🐸
    Hi

    that's great thank you, I've tried your above answer and I still get a figure that I think is way out.

    If you wouldn't mind having a look at below and telling me where I'm going wrong?

    I have:

    receipts from debtors - £39,100
    opening balance - £60,300
    closing balance - £75,600
    sales for the year - £80,000

    the total I get is way too high to be the dicount total!!
  • A-Vic
    A-Vic Registered Posts: 6,970 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Hi tracie i will attach how i worked it out
  • A-Vic
    A-Vic Registered Posts: 6,970 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    wont upload but here

    Opening blance 60,300
    Add Sales 80,000
    Take Off P 39,100
    Missing Figure
    Closing Blance 75600


    I have discounts at 25,600
  • A-Vic
    A-Vic Registered Posts: 6,970 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    I have a head full of figures at the min so if anyone gets anything else please add
  • OlympicRudi
    OlympicRudi Registered Posts: 55 Regular contributor ⭐
    A-Vic wrote: »
    I have a head full of figures at the min so if anyone gets anything else please add

    I got £25,600 too :)
  • dobbieobby
    dobbieobby Registered Posts: 231 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Me too :-)
  • Toffeemadblue
    Toffeemadblue Registered Posts: 102 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Given the OP's figure the answer is £25,600, however this is way too high as the OP said. It would mean that this discount percentage would be about 40% of the original invoice (25600/(39100+25600), so the figures may be wrong or another figure is involved sales returns for instance.
    Cheers
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