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  • This topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • September 30, 2015 at 2:33 pm #274247
    Joyanne
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    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 #274501
    marlonm
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    i think solution is DR discount received $50
    DR discount allowed $50
    CR suspense $100,
    ie if it was correctly posted to the receivables ledger

    October 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm #274831
    Afrina
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    @ 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 #274832
    John Moffat
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    Afrina: 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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