On april 2, kelvin sold $40,000 of inventory items on credit with the terms 1/10, net 30. payment on $24,000 sales was received on april 8 and the remaining payment on $16,000 sales was received on april 27. assuming kelvin uses the net method of accounting for sales discounts what are the journal entries to recorded the trnascations.

Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below:

1. Accounts receivable A/c Dr $160

        To Sales discounts forfeited $160

(Being sales discount  is recorded)

The computation of the sales discount is shown below:

= (Sales value - payment made) × discount rate

= ($40,000 - $24,000) × 1%

= $160

2. Cash A/c Dr $16,000

       To Accounts receivable A/c $16,000

(Being cash is received)

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