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Session 4 Installment Sales Method
Session 4 Installment Sales Method
1 Regular Sales
1.1 Cash Sales Gross Profit is recognized at time of sale
1.2 Charge Sales Gross Profit is recognized at time of sale
2 Installment Sales
(a) Gross Profit is recognized at time of sale
A/R is debited & Sales is credited at time of sale
Expenses incurred at time of sale is recorded on the same date
Expenses incurred after the sale are estimated and liability is recorded at time of sale
(b) Gross Profit is recognized in the period in which
CASH IS COLLECTED
The amount of cash collections becomes the basis of gross profit recognition
COST RECOVERY METHOD
Gross Profit is recognized until Collections = Cost of Goods Sold
GROSS PROFIT REALIZATION METHOD
First collections are regarded as realization of gross profit
After recognition of full profit, all subsequent collections are treated
as recovery of cost
INSTALLMENT SALES METHOD
Cash collection is regarded as a partial recovery of cost & a partial
realization of profit in the same proportion that these
two elements are present in the original selling price'
s recorded at time of sale
profit recognition
on of gross profit
quent collections are treated
Cash 120,000.00
Accounts Receivable 120,000.00
Cash 45,000.00
Installment Contracts Receivable, 2015 19,000.00
Interest Income 26,000.00
CLOSING ENTRIES:
Sales 250,000.00
Interest Income 27,800.00
Cost of Sales 120,000.00
Operating Expenses 50,000.00
Income Summary 107,800.00
Income Summary 123,400.00
Retained Earnings 123,400.00
39,000.00
15,600.00
CY 2016
Cash 24,000.00
Installment Contracts Receivable, 2016 96,000.00
Installment Sales 120,000.00
Cash 130,500.00
Accounts Receivable 130,500.00
Cash 97,000.00
Installment Contracts Receivable, 2015 26,000.00
Installment Contracts Receivable, 2016 22,000.00
Interest Income 49,000.00
CLOSING ENTRIES:
0.42 19,320.00
26,000.00
40%
10,400.00