Chapter 10, Problem 1CP

Smith Company is required to charge customers an 8% sales tax on all goods it sells. At the time of sale, Smith includes the combined amount of both sales and sales tax in the sales account. At the end of May, Smiths sales account for May has a credit balance of 540,000. Prepare the sales tax adjusting journal entry for the end of May.

Bell Florists sells flowers on a retail basis. Most of the sales are for cash; however, a few steady customers have credit accounts. Bells sales staff fills out a sales slip for each sale. There is a state retail sales tax of 5 percent, which is collected by the retailer and submitted to the state. The balances of the accounts as of March 1 have been recorded in the general ledger in your Working Papers or in CengageNow. The following represent Bell Florists charge sales for March: Mar. 4Sold potted plant on account to C. Morales, sales slip no. 242, 27, plus sales tax of 1.35, total 28.35. 6Sold floral arrangement on account to R. Dixon, sales slip no. 267, 54, plus sales tax of 2.70, total 56.70. 12Sold corsage on account to B. Cox, sales slip no. 279, 16, plus sales tax of 0.80, total 16.80. 16Sold wreath on account to All-Star Legion, sales slip no. 296, 104, plus sales tax of 5.20, total 109.20. 18Sold floral arrangements on account to Tucker Funeral Home, sales slip no. 314, 260, plus sales tax of 13, total 273. 21Tucker Funeral Home complained about a wrinkled ribbon on the floral arrangement. Bell Florists allowed a 30 credit plus sales tax of 1.50, credit memo no. 27. 23Sold flower arrangements on account to Price Savings and Loan Association for its fifth anniversary, sales slip no. 337, 180, plus sales tax of 9, total 189. 24Allowed Price Savings and Loan Association credit, 25, plus sales tax of 1.25, because of a few withered blossoms in floral arrangements, credit memo no. 28. Required 1. Record these transactions in the general journal. 2. Post the amounts from the general journal to the general ledger and accounts receivable ledger: Accounts Receivable 113, Sales Tax Payable 214, Sales 411, Sales Returns and Allowances 412. 3. Prepare a schedule of accounts receivable and compare its total with the balance of the Accounts Receivable controlling account.

TireCo is a retail store in a state that imposes a 6 percentsales tax. Would you expect to find sales tax expense andsales tax payable in TireCo’s financial statements? Explain.