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- September 30, 2015 at 2:33 pm #274247
good day,
I have a query concerning a question that I attempted in suspense accounts.
“A discount of $50 given to a customer had been credited to discounts received.”
The solution was Dr Discount Allowed (2 * $50) $100; Cr Suspense (2 * $50) $100
My question is why there is a Dr of $100 instead of $50?
Please help!
October 1, 2015 at 3:16 pm #274501i think solution is DR discount received $50
DR discount allowed $50
CR suspense $100,
ie if it was correctly posted to the receivables ledgerOctober 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm #274831@ Joyanne,
Hi.
Discount received is usually a Cr entry & Discount allowed Dr, but it was recorded as Discount allowed Cr instead of Discount allowed Dr.
So to vanish discount allowed from the above error, we have to:
Dr Suspense a/c $ 100 ( total amount of the 2 entries)
Cr Discount Received $ 50 ( the correct entry )
Cr Discount Allowed $ 50 ( cancel out Discount Allowed ).hope this helps. 🙂
October 3, 2015 at 6:09 pm #274832Afrina: you have misread Joyanne’s question. The correct answer is the opposite of what you have written. (It was a discount allowed recorded as a discount received – not the other way round.)
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