Chapter 10, Problem 1SDP

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.

In performing accounting services for small businesses, you encounter the following situations pertaining to cash sales. 1.   Pina Colada Corp. enters sales and sales taxes separately in its cash register. On April 10, the register totals are sales $37,000 and sales taxes $1,850. 2.   Cullumber Company does not segregate sales and sales taxes. Its register total for April 15 is $22,896, which includes a 6% sales tax. Prepare the entry to record the sales transactions and related taxes for each client. Omit the cost of goods sold entry.

Prepare journal entries for each of the following sales transactions by Elegant Electronics, including a 3.5% sales tax, and the remittance of all sales tax to the tax board on October 23. Accounts Payable Merchandise Inventory Sales Discount Cash Sales Sale Tax Payable PLEASE NOTE: You must follow the format in the textbook and enter the account names exactly as written above and all dollar amounts will be rounded to two decimal places with "$" and commas as needed (i.e. $12,345.67). Elegant Electronics sells a cellular phone on September 2 for $450:  DR     DR or CR?      CR       On September 6, Elegant sells another cellular phone for $500: DR     DR or CR?      CR       The remittance of all sales tax to the tax board on October 23: DR     CR