[Debit] Allowance for debtors account
[Credit] Accounts receivable account
Debit: Sales Returns & Allowances Credit: Accounts Receivable :)
sundry debtors A/c........DR 1000 TO Sales A/c 1000
Cash a/c to debtors a/c
Debtors are those customers who purchase goods from company on credit so no advance can be issued by debtors. on the other hand advance can be received from customers and accounting entry is as follows: [Debit] Cash / bank [Credit] Unearned revenue
debit cash / bankcredit accounts receivable
Debit: Sales Returns & Allowances Credit: Accounts Receivable :)
sundry debtors A/c........DR 1000 TO Sales A/c 1000
Cash a/c to debtors a/c
No entry for opening debtors these are just transferred from previous period to current period.
Debtors are those customers who purchase goods from company on credit so no advance can be issued by debtors. on the other hand advance can be received from customers and accounting entry is as follows: [Debit] Cash / bank [Credit] Unearned revenue
debit cash / bankcredit accounts receivable
debit cashcredit accounts receivable
Debtors may sometimes be unhappy with their purchases and wish to claim a refund (allowance) from the supplier. Some reasons for this include poor quality goods, wrong colour, wrong size, overcharges, errors on the invoice, and so forth. The debtor then sends a debit note (D/N) to the trader in which the claim is made in respect of the goods returned or overcharge claimed . After investigation the supplier, if in agreement with the claim, issues a credit note (C/N) to the customer. One copy is sent to the debtor and the other is the source document for the entry in the business's Debtors Allowances Journal (DAJ) The DAJ is like a sales returns and overcharges journal.
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When goods are returned from a customer, the journal entry typically involves debiting the Sales Returns and Allowances account to reflect the decrease in sales revenue and crediting the Accounts Receivable or Cash account, depending on how the original sale was recorded. For example, if the return involves a credit to the customer's account, the entry would be: Debit: Sales Returns and Allowances Credit: Accounts Receivable This entry effectively reverses the sale and acknowledges the return of goods.
When you give someone a discount, it is typically recorded in the Debtor Allowance Journal. This journal specifically tracks allowances and discounts granted to debtors, reflecting adjustments to accounts receivable. The Debtor Journal, on the other hand, generally records standard transactions involving sales and payments without adjustments.
General Journal Sales Returns and Allowances - A company with sales returns and allowances can record them in the General Journal.