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sales & purchase returns

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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • April 9, 2015 at 5:51 pm #240679
    Avatarmp-open
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    Hallo,

    May I ask, is it possible to do it in two ways:

    A) Sales returns (returns inwards), to either:

    1. Dr Sales
    Cr Sales Returns

    or

    2. Dr Sales Returns
    Cr A/R

    – or only 1, or only 2, or both are possible, although in the two ways, once the Sales returns is credited and in the second way it is debited, which doesn’t seem to be correct, or?

    B) Purchase returns (returns outwards)

    1. Dr Purchase returns
    Cr Purchases

    or

    2. Dr A/P
    Cr Purchase returns

    – or only 1, or only 2, or both are possible, although in the two ways, once the Purchase returns is debited and in the second way it is credited, which doesn’t seem to be correct, or?

    Thank you!

    April 10, 2015 at 7:07 pm #240807
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    The correct entry for sale returns is:

    Dr Sales returns
    Cr Account receivables

    (although instead of debiting sales returns it is OK to debit sales instead)

    The correct entry for purchases returns is:

    Dr Account payable
    Cr Purchase returns

    (although instead of crediting purchase returns, it is OK to credit purchases instead)

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