Sales ledger question

gabriellenlewis · July 2017

March 2013 balance : £150,000

invoices raised: £60,000
credit notes: £48,000 + 10% restocking fee
bank receipts: £150,000

So, am i right in taking starting balance as +150,000, invoices raised as an asset (+60,000), credit notes as a liability (-48,000), restocking fee as an expense (+4800) and bank receipts as revenue (-150,000)

???

Yalda20 · July 2017

Hi there,
I think it is easier to do a T account with these types of questions. Although, I cant seem to draw one here

Dr Cr
B/D 150,000 Credit note 43,200
Invoices 60,000 Receipts 150,000
C/D 16,800

Total 210,000 210,000

The re-stocking fee is an expense that the company has to bear and not the client. This is a client's ledger account so thus needs to be deducted from the credit note. 48,000-4,800=43,200.
Is this the right answer?

This is how I would do it.

Thank you.

gabriellenlewis · July 2017

Yalda20 said:
Hi there,
I think it is easier to do a T account with these types of questions. Although, I cant seem to draw one here

Dr Cr
B/D 150,000 Credit note 43,200
Invoices 60,000 Receipts 150,000
C/D 16,800

Total 210,000 210,000

The re-stocking fee is an expense that the company has to bear and not the client. This is a client's ledger account so thus needs to be deducted from the credit note. 48,000-4,800=43,200.
Is this the right answer?

This is how I would do it.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. The question does actually say that it is the sales ledger for Hill Ltd. Does this alter anything? Because if restocking fee is an expense to the company then it would still be a debit, right? (so +4800 and credit credit note: -48000)?

Yalda20 · July 2017

you are welcome. I had actually written the above numbers in a well organised T account but not sure why it looks like this now. Sometimes, if I struggle with my debits and credits I think about it logically and it helps.

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