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  • Sep 1, 2015, 06:09 PM
    nrt
    Correcting journal entries for accounting problem
    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
  • Sep 1, 2015, 06:37 PM
    paraclete
    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

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