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Sales returns account are balanced and closed against actual sales for the amount of sales returned by the customers due to any reason.
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What is a normal balance account of a Sales discount?
Sales discount account has debit balance as it causes the reduction of sales and hence a contra account of sales revenue account.
Sales is what type of account?
Sales is a revenue account and has a credit balance as a normal balance.
Does sales returns and allowances have normal credit balance?
No sales returns and allowances has debit balance as a normal balance because these accounts are contra to actual sales account and that's why account balance is reverse of actual sales account.
What is the journal entry for sales return?
[Debit] Sales Return account [Credit] Cash account
Is purchase return is contra account?
Purchase return is a contra account because it reduces the balance in the Purchase account in an attempt to determine cost of goods sold. This is like sales returns and allowances being used to determine net sales on an entity's income statement.
Is sales return an expense?
Sales return is reduction in sales as customer returns goods for any reason and it is not expense.
How do you account cash sales return?
[Debit] Sales return [Credit] Cash /bank [Debit] Sales [Credit] Sales return
What are the net sales of a company that has the following account balance sales 563400 sales returns and allowances 18690 cost of goods sold 371560 operating expenses 123520?
Sales 563400less:sales return 18690Net Sales 544710
Is sales a credit or debit?
Sales is a revenue account and all revenues has credit balance as default balance so sales also has credit as default balance while cash or accounts receivable will be debited against it.
Does sales returns and allowances have a normal debit balance?
That is correct. Sales and returns allowances is what is called a "Contra" account because it exists to reduce the net balance of an account. Sales is a credit account, so you debit sales returns and allowances in order to reduce your net sales.
What is the journal entry for goods return?
If sales goods returned: [Debit] Sales account xxxx [Credit] Sales Return account xxxx if purchase goods returned: [Debit] Purchase return xxxx [Credit] Purchases account xxxx
What kind of an account are sales return and allowances?
Sales Returns and Allowances is a contra income account.
