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nrt
Sep 1, 2015, 06:09 PM
What are the errors in the following scenario? I can't find any.

During the 2014 fiscal year, ABC Company exchanged a violin that would normally sell for$1,650 for a computer system that sold for $1,800. The transaction was booked in theaccounting records as follows:




DR Computer equipment 1800
CR Revenue 1650
CR Gain on purchase of equipment 150

DR Cost of goods sold 1500
CR Inventory 1500

paraclete
Sep 1, 2015, 06:37 PM
There is no profit to be booked here. The error is in the way the transactions are viewed

The item was not "sold" and a profit earned since the Retail value was not a value in the books of account

The entry should be
Cr Inventory 1500
Dr Computer equipment 1500