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CHAPTER 7
Accounting Information Systems
Brief
Learning Objectives Questions Exercises Do It! Exercises Problems
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ASSIGNMENT CHARACTERISTICS TABLE
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WEYGANDT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IFRS 1/E
CHAPTER 7
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Continued)
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P7-4
Expand Your Critical Thinking Real-World Focus Comprehensive Decision Making
Problem Across the
(Mini Practice Set) Organization
Communication
Ethics Case
7-5
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. (a) An accounting information system collects and processes transaction data and communicates
financial information to decision makers.
(b) Disagree. An accounting information system applies regardless of whether manual or com-
puterized procedures are used to process the transaction data.
Cost effectiveness. The system must be cost-effective; that is, the benefits obtained from the
information must outweigh the cost of providing it.
Useful output. To be useful, information must be understandable, relevant, reliable, timely, and
accurate.
Flexibility. The system should accommodate a variety of users and changing information needs.
4. ERP systems go far beyond the functions of an entry-level general ledger package. They integrate
all aspects of the organization, including accounting, sales, human resource management, and
manufacturing.
• Show in a single account transactions affecting a single customer or single creditor, thus
providing up-to-date information on specific account balances.
• Free the general ledger of excessive details relating to accounts receivable and accounts
payable. As a result, a trial balance of the general ledger does not contain vast numbers
of individual account balances.
• Assist in locating errors in individual accounts by reducing the number of accounts in one
ledger and by using control accounts.
• Permit a division of labor in posting by having one employee post to the general ledger
and (a) different employee(s) post to the subsidiary ledgers.
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Questions Chapter 7 (Continued)
• Sales journal. (1) Since the sales journal employs only one line to record a Sales
transaction, its use reduces recording time; (2) the column totals are only posted to the
general ledger once an accounting period; and (3) the journal’s use separates
responsibilities between employees.
• Cash receipts journal. (1) Its use aids in the posting process since the totals for Cash,
Sales Discounts, Accounts Receivable, and Sales Revenue are all recorded in the
general ledger only at the end of the month; and (2) it allows all accounts receivable
credits to be posted to the appropriate subsidiary ledger accounts daily.
• Purchases journal. The advantages are similar to those of the sales journal except that
items involved are Inventory debits and Accounts Payable credits.
• Cash payments journal. Similar advantages to cash receipts journal except the columns
involved are different.
In general, special journals: (1) allow greater division of labor because various individuals can
record entries in different journals at the same time; and (2) reduce posting time of journals.
8. The entry for the sales return should be recorded in the general journal. Since Kim Sports has a
single-column sales journal, only credit sales can be recorded there. A purchase by Kim Sports has
not taken place, so the use of the purchases journal is inappropriate. Finally, no cash is received
or paid, so neither the cash receipts or cash payments journal should be used.
9. At the end of the month, after all postings to both the general ledger and the subsidiary accounts
have been made, the total of the subsidiary account balances should equal the balance of the
control account in the general ledger. In this case, the control account balance will be €450 larger
than the total of the subsidiary accounts.
10. The purpose of special journals is to facilitate the recording process of the business entity. Therefore,
the columns included in any special journal should correspond to the unique needs of the
business. In particular, one type of business which might not require an Accounts Receivable
column would be grocery stores. These businesses rarely sell on credit to their customers. The
minimum frequency of the transaction implies no need for an Accounts Receivable column in the
cash receipts journal.
11. (a) No, the accounts receivable ledger will not agree with the Accounts Receivable control
account. The accounts receivable ledger will be posted correctly, but the Accounts
Receivable control account will be incorrect.
(b) The trial balance will balance, although Cash will be €4,000 too high and Accounts Receivable
€4,000 too low.
12. The special journal is the sales journal. The other account is Sales Revenue. (The cash receipts
journal is an incorrect answer because there would be more than two month-end postings to
general ledger accounts.)
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Questions Chapter 7 (Continued)
15. Typically included would be credit purchases of equipment, office supplies, and store supplies.
However, any other item purchased on credit could also be included in a special column or the
“other” column.
16. One such example is a purchase return. Here the Accounts Payable control and subsidiary account
must be debited for the same amount. The debit/credit equality is unaffected since the balance
sheet equation is computed using general ledger (control) accounts only. The subsidiary accounts
should prove to the control account balance.
17. The general journal may be used to record such transactions as the granting of credit to a
customer for a sales return or allowance, the receipt of credit from a supplier for purchases
returned, acceptance of a note receivable from a customer, or the purchase of a plant asset by
issuing a note payable. In addition, all correcting, adjusting, and closing entries should be made
in the general journal.
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SOLUTIONS TO BRIEF EXERCISES
(a) 3 (d) 2
(b) 4 (e) 1
(c) 5
TMC Co.
Date Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 15 8,000 8,000
24 4,000 4,000
Wong Co.
Date Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 23 9,000 9,000
29 9,000 0
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BRIEF EXERCISE 7.5
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SOLUTIONS FOR DO IT! EXERCISES
DO IT! 7.1
DO IT! 7.2
Subsidiary balances:
DO IT! 7.3
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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
EXERCISE 7.1
(c) The column total of ₩161,400 in the sales journal would be posted to
the credit side of the Sales Revenue account and the debit side of the
Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger.
(d) The accounts receivable column total of ₩131,000 in the cash receipts
journal would be posted to the credit side of the Accounts Receivable
account in the general ledger.
EXERCISE 7.2
From: Student
The explanation of the three entries in the subsidiary ledger for the Kam-Bo
Hung account is as follows:
Sept. 2 This was a credit sale of merchandise to Hung. The entry was
recorded on page 31 of the Sales Journal.
Sept. 9 This was a sales return or allowance granted to Hung. The entry
was recorded on page 4 of the General Journal.
Sept. 27 This was a payment by Hung of the balance due. The entry was
recorded on page 8 of the Cash Receipts Journal.
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EXERCISE 7.3
Accounts Receivable
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 Balance 10,960
S 4,990 15,950
CR 8,030 7,920
G 220 7,700
Chang
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 Balance 1,440
S 1,260 2,700
CR 1,240 1,460
Fung
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 Balance 2,060
S 1,600 3,660
CR 1,310 2,350
Tamsui
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 0
S 1,330 1,330
CR 380 950
Tumen
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 Balance 4,820
S 800 5,620
CR 3,300 2,320
G 220 2,100
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EXERCISE 7.3 (Continued)
Wu
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Sept. 1 Balance 2,640
CR 1,800 840
EXERCISE 7.4
EXERCISE 7.5
(a) €4,375 [€9,250 – (€3,000 + €1,875)].
(b) €10,750 [€9,250 + (€6,750 + €5,250 + €6,375) – (€6,000 + €1,875 + €6,750) – €2,250].
(c) Hale (€3,000 + €6,750 – €6,000) €3,750
Janish (€1,875 + €5,250 – €1,875 – €2,250) 3,000
Valdez (€4,375 + €6,375 – €6,750) 4,000
€10,750
(d) The purchase return (€2,250) would be recorded in the general journal instead of a
special journal.
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EXERCISE 7.6
EXERCISE 7.7
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EXERCISE 7.7 (Continued)
R. LAWRENCE LUGGAGE
Cash Payments Journal CP1
Other Accounts
Ck. Accounts Payable Inventory Cash
Date No. Account Debited Ref. Dr. Dr. Cr. Cr.
2020
May 3 101 Inventory 7,700 7,700
14 102 Salaries and
Wages Expense 700 700
8,400 8,400
EXERCISE 7.8
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EXERCISE 7.9
5 Accounts Payable—Kusuma
Company ................................................... 410
Inventory................................................ 410
The posting of these accounts varies with the journals used in recording
the transactions.
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EXERCISE 7.10
EXERCISE 7.11
(a) The debit posting reference on February 28 should be from the cash
payments journal to record the payments made during the month. The
general ledger debit amount should be ¥28,340 to balance. The ending
balance must be ¥3,600. (Accounts Payable control balance of ¥10,500
less Bak, ¥4,600, and Zhao, ¥2,300.)
(b) Only the general journal amounts were dual posted. Thus, the amounts
were ¥1,400 (Dr.), ¥265 (Cr.), and ¥550 (Cr.).
EXERCISE 7.12
(a)
Purchases Journal P1
Inventory Dr.
Date Account Credited Ref. Accounts Payable Cr.
July 3 Marsh Co. 2,400
12 Yates Co. 500
14 Weller Co. 1,100
17 Lange Corp. 1,400
20 Marsh Co. 1,700
21 Yates Co. 600
29 Lange Corp. 1,600
9,300
120/201
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EXERCISE 7.12 (Continued)
(b)
General Journal
Date Accounts and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
July 1 Equipment ........................................ 157/ 3,900
Accounts Payable—
Flaherty Equipment Co. ...... 201/ 3,900
18 Accounts Payable—Lange
Corp. ............................................. 201/ 100
Inventory .................................. 120/ 100
EXERCISE 7.13
¥975 (¥200 + ¥290 + ¥145 + ¥190 + ¥150). All of the debit postings to the sub-
sidiary ledger accounts should be from sales invoices. The total of all these
debits should therefore be the total credit sales for the month, which would
be the same amount as the end-of-month debit to Accounts Receivable.
EXERCISE 7.14
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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
PROBLEM 7.1
(a)
Cash Receipts Journal CR1
Cost of Goods Sold
Sales Accounts Sales Other Dr.
Account Cash Discounts Receivable Revenue Accounts Inventory
Date Credited Ref. Dr. Dr. Cr. Cr. Cr. Cr.
Apr. 1 Owner’s
Capital 301 7,200 7,200
4 Chin-Wai 2,156 44 2,200
5 Chan Co. 920 920
8 7,245 7,245 4,347
10 Lau 600 600
11 Inventory 120 740 740
23 Chan Co. 1,000 1,000
29 Gong 1,200 1,200
21,061 44 5,920 7,245 7,940 4,347
(101) (414) (112) (401) (X) (505)(120)
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PROBLEM 7.1 (Continued)
Chan Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Apr. 1 Balance 2,900
5 CR1 920 1,980
23 CR1 1,000 980
Chiu-Wai
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Apr. 1 Balance 2,200
4 CR1 2,200 0
Gong
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Apr. 1 Balance 1,200
29 CR1 1,200 0
Lau
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Apr. 1 Balance 1,550
10 CR1 600 950
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PROBLEM 7.2
(a)
Cash Payments Journal CP1
Other Accounts
Ck. Accounts Payable Inventory Cash
Date No. Account Debited Ref. Dr. Dr. Cr. Cr.
Oct. 1 63 Inventory 120 300 300
3 64 Equipment 157 800 800
5 65 Uggla Company 2,700 54 2,646
10 66 Inventory 120 2,550 2,550
15 67 Rosenthal Co. 1,800 1,800
16 68 Owner’s Drawings 306 400 400
19 69 Orr Co. 2,000 40 1,960
29 70 Clevenger Company 2,500 2,500
4,050 9,000 94 12,956
(X) (201) (120) (101)
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PROBLEM 7.2 (Continued)
Clevenger Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Oct. 1 Balance 3,700
29 CP1 2,500 1,200
Orr Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Oct. 1 Balance 2,500
19 CP1 2,000 500
Rosenthal Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Oct. 1 Balance 1,800
15 CP1 1,800 0
Uggla Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Oct. 1 Balance 2,700
5 CP1 2,700 0
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PROBLEM 7.3
(a)
Purchases Journal P1
Accounts Other
Payable Inventory Accounts
Date Account Credited (Debited) Ref. Cr. Dr. Dr.
July 1 Oong Company 8,000 8,000
2 Laan Shipping 400 400
5 Goo Company 3,200 3,200
13 Ngg Supply 126/ 720 720
(Supplies)
15 Oong Company 3,600 3,600
15 Soxng Company 4,300 4,300
18 Viun Advertisements 610/ 600 600
(Advertising Expense)
24 Goo Company 3,000 3,000
26 Ngg Supply 157/ 900 900
(Equipment)
28 Laan Shipping 380 380
25,100 22,880 2,220
(201) (120) (X)
Sales Journal S1
Accounts Receivable Dr. Cost of Goods Sold Dr.
Date Account Debited Ref. Sales Revenue Cr. Inventory Cr.
July 3 Choi Company 1,300 910
3 Huang Bros. 1,500 1,050
16 Aang Company 3,450 2,415
16 Huang Bros. 1,870 1,309
21 Choi Company 310 217
21 Zafn Company 2,800 1,960
30 Aang Company 5,600 3,920
16,830 11,781
(112)(401) (505)(120)
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PROBLEM 7.3 (Continued)
General Journal G1
Date Accounts and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
July 8 Accounts Payable—Goo
Company ...................................... 201/ 300
Inventory .................................. 120/ 300
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PROBLEM 7.3 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.3 (Continued)
Aang Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 16 S1 3,450 3,450
30 S1 5,600 9,050
Choi Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 3 S1 1,300 1,300
21 S1 310 1,610
22 G1 40 1,570
Huang Bros.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 3 S1 1,500 1,500
16 S1 1,870 3,370
Zafn Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 21 S1 2,800 2,800
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PROBLEM 7.3 (Continued)
Laan Shipping
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 2 P1 400 400
28 P1 380 780
Ngg Supply
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 13 P1 720 720
26 P1 900 1,620
Oong Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 1 P1 8,000 8,000
15 P1 3,600 11,600
Soxng Company
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 15 P1 4,300 4,300
Viun Advertisements
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 18 P1 600 600
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PROBLEM 7.3 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.4
Sales Journal S1
Purchases Journal P1
Inventory Dr.
Date Account Credited Ref. Accounts Payable Cr.
Jan. 3 Gum Co. 9,000
8 Pang Co. 4,500
11 Che Co. 3,700
23 Gum Co. 7,800
24 Yap Corp. 5,100
30,100
(120)(201)
General Journal G1
Date Accounts and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
Jan. 5 Accounts Payable—Gum Co. ............... 201/ 300
Inventory ................................... 120 300
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PROBLEM 7.4 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.5
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
(b)
Sales Journal S1
Accounts Receivable Dr. Cost of Goods Sold Dr.
Date Account Debited Ref. Sales Revenue Cr. Inventory Cr.
July 6 Chatterjee Co. 6,200 4,030
8 S. Garga 4,600 2,990
10 Kutsa Co. 4,900 3,185
21 R. Kumar 5,000 3,250
20,700 13,455
(112)(401) (505)(120)
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
Chatterjee Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 6 S1 6,200 6,200
20 CR1 6,200 0
Kutsa Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 10 S1 4,900 4,900
16 CR1 4,900 0
R. Kumar
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 21 S1 5,000 5,000
S. Garga
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 8 S1 4,600 4,600
13 CR1 4,600 0
Huq Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 13 P1 15,300 15,300
21 CP1 15,300 0
J. Gupta
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 11 P1 5,920 5,920
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
M. Maji
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 20 P1 7,900 7,900
N. Akhard
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 4 P1 6,800 6,800
15 CP1 6,800 0
Pai Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
July 5 P1 8,100 8,100
10 CP1 8,100 0
Debit Credit
Cash................................................................. ` 64,959
Accounts Receivable...................................... 5,000
Inventory ......................................................... 24,711
Supplies .......................................................... 600
Prepaid Rent ................................................... 6,000
Accounts Payable ........................................... `13,820
Owner’s Capital .............................................. 80,000
Owner’s Drawings .......................................... 2,500
Sales Revenue ................................................ 28,700
Sales Discounts .............................................. 95
Cost of Goods Sold ........................................ 18,655
`122,520 `122,520
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
(g)
General Journal G1
Date Accounts and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
July 31 Supplies Expense ............................ 631 460
Supplies ................................... 126 460
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PROBLEM 7.5 (Continued)
Debit Credit
Cash ................................................................ `64,959
Accounts Receivable ..................................... 5,000
Inventory......................................................... 24,711
Supplies .......................................................... 140
Prepaid Rent ................................................... 5,500
Accounts Payable .......................................... `13,820
Owner’s Capital .............................................. 80,000
Owner’s Drawings .......................................... 2,500
Sales Revenue................................................ 28,700
Sales Discounts ............................................. 95
Cost of Goods Sold ....................................... 18,655
Supplies Expense .......................................... 460
Rent Expense ................................................. _ 500 __
`122,520 `122,520
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PROBLEM 7.6
Sales Journal S1
Account Accounts Receivable Dr. Cost of Goods Sold Dr.
Date Debited Ref. Sales Revenue Cr. Inventory Cr.
Jan. 3 M. Ziesmer 8,000 4,800
24 I. Kirk 7,400 4,440
15,400 9,240
(112)(401) (505)(120)
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
Purchases Journal P1
Inventory Dr.
Date Account Credited Ref. Accounts Payable Cr.
Jan. 5 E. Pheatt 2,000
17 G. Roland 1,600
3,600
(120)(201)
General Journal G1
Date Accounts and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
Jan. 14 Sales Returns and Allowances ....... /412 300
Accounts Receivable—
B. Hannigan ......................... /112 300
Inventory ........................................... /120 180
(€300 X .60)
Cost of Goods Sold ................. /505 180
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
B. Hannigan
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 2,500
14 G1 300 2,200
I. Kirk
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 7,500
24 S1 7,400 14,900
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
T. Hodges
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 5,000
7 CR1 3,500 1,500
M. Ziesmer
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 3 S1 8,000 8,000
13 CR1 8,000 0
D. Danford
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 18,000
20 G1 18,000 0
T. Igawa
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 12,000
G. Roland
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 17 P1 1,600 1,600
30 G1 300 1,300
E. Pheatt
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 5 P1 2,000 2,000
27 CP1 950 1,050
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PROBLEM 7.6 (Continued)
K. Thayer
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 13,000
15 CP1 13,000 0
Debit Credit
Cash ................................................................ € 82,020
Accounts Receivable ..................................... 18,600
Notes Receivable ............................................ 5,000
Inventory ......................................................... 11,950
Equipment ....................................................... 6,450
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment....... € 1,500
Notes Payable ................................................. 18,000
Accounts Payable........................................... 14,350
Owner’s Capital .............................................. 86,450
Sales Revenue ................................................ 24,500
Sales Returns and Allowances ...................... 300
Sales Discounts .............................................. 160
Cost of Goods Sold ........................................ 14,520
Salaries and Wages Expense ........................ 4,800
Rent Expense.................................................. 1,000
€144,800 €144,800
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ACR 7.1 COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM: CHAPTERS 3 TO 7
(a)
Sales Journal S1
Account Invoice Accounts Receivable Dr. Cost of Goods Sold Dr.
Date Debited No. Ref. Sales Revenue Cr. Inventory Cr.
Jan. 3 B. Chen 510 3,600 2,160
3 Tjong Co. 511 1,800 1,080
11 Bodi Co. 512 1,600 960
11 Mohede Co. 513 900 540
22 B. Chen 514 2,700 1,620
22 Bodi Co. 515 2,300 1,380
25 Sueba Co. 516 3,500 2,100
25 Tjong Co. 517 6,100 3,660
22,500 13,500
(112)(401) (505)(120)
Purchases Journal P1
Inventory Dr.
Date Account Credited Terms Ref. Accounts Payable Cr.
Jan. 5 Goh Co. n/30 5,000
5 D. Phe n/30 2,200
16 Shihab Co. 1/10, n/30 15,000
16 Medan Co. 2/10, n/30 14,200
16 Goh Co. n/30 1,500
27 Shihab Co. 1/10, n/30 14,500
27 D. Phe n/30 3,200
27 Goh Co. n/30 5,400
61,000
(120)(201)
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31 Depreciation Expense
(Rp1,500 ÷ 12) .................................. 711 125
Accumulated Depreciation—
Equipment ........................... 158 125
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General Journal G1
Date Account Titles and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
Jan. 31 Income Summary ............................. 350 58,055
Sales Discounts ...................... 414 120
Sales Returns and
Allowances .......................... 412 300
Cost of Goods Sold ................. 505 47,460
Rent Expense .......................... 729 1,000
Salaries and Wages
Expense ................................ 627 8,100
Supplies Expense ................... 728 700
Insurance Expense ................. 722 200
Depreciation Expense ............. 711 125
Interest Expense ..................... 718 50
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Bodi Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 1,500
11 S1 1,600 3,100
22 S1 2,300 5,400
B. Chen
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 3 S1 3,600 3,600
13 CR1 3,600 0
22 S1 2,700 2,700
Mohede Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 4,000
7 CR1 4,000 0
11 S1 900 900
21 CR1 900 0
Sueba Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 7,500
7 CR1 2,000 5,500
25 S1 3,500 9,000
Tjong Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 3 S1 1,800 1,800
9 G1 300 1,500
13 CR1 1,500 0
25 S1 6,100 6,100
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Goh Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 5 P1 5,000 5,000
16 P1 1,500 6,500
27 P1 5,400 11,900
Manuwa
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 15,000
21 G1 15,000 0
Medan Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 9,000
9 CP1 9,000 0
16 P1 14,200 14,200
18 G1 200 14,000
23 CP1 14,000 0
D. Phe
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 5 P1 2,200 2,200
27 P1 3,200 5,400
Shihab Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 11,000
9 CP1 11,000 0
16 P1 15,000 15,000
23 CP1 15,000 0
27 P1 14,500 14,500
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Adjusted Income
Trial Balance Adjustments Trial Balance Statement Balance Sheet
Account Titles Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr.
Cash 45,515 45,515 45,515
Accounts Receivable 23,200 23,200 23,200
Notes Receivable 39,000 39,000 39,000
Inventory 30,855 30,855 30,855
Supplies 1,600 (1) 700 900 900
Prepaid Insurance 2,000 (2) 200 1,800 1,800
Equipment 6,450 6,450 6,450
Accum. Depreciation—Equipment 1,500 (3) 125 1,625 1,625
Notes Payable 15,000 15,000 15,000
Accounts Payable 31,800 31,800 31,800
Interest Payable (4) 50 50 50
Owner’s Capital 78,700 78,700 78,700
Owner’s Drawings 800 800 800
Sales Revenue 79,400 79,400 79,400
Sales Returns and Allowances 300 300 300
Sales Discounts 120 120 120
Cost of Goods Sold 47,460 47,460 47,460
Salaries and Wages Expense 8,100 8,100 8,100
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Sales
Sales revenue ................................. Rp79,400
Less: Sales discounts ................... Rp 120
Sales returns and
allowances ....................... 300 420
Net sales revenue ........................... 78,980
Cost of goods sold ......................... 47,460
Gross profit..................................... 31,520
Operating expenses
Salaries and wages
expense ................................ Rp8,100
Rent expense .......................... 1,000
Supplies expense ................... 700
Insurance expense ................. 200
Depreciation expense ............. 125
Total operating
expenses....................... 10,125
Income from operations ........................ 21,395
Other expenses and losses
Interest expense ............................. 50
Net income ............................................. Rp21,345
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KOTO MERCHANTS
Equity Statement
For the Month Ended January 31, 2020
Owner’s, Capital, January 1, 2020 ......................................... Rp78,700
Add: Net income ................................................................... 21,345
100,045
Less: Drawings ...................................................................... 800
Owner’s, Capital, January 31, 2020 ....................................... Rp99,245
KOTO MERCHANTS
Statement of Financial Position
January 31, 2020
Assets
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Debit Credit
Cash................................................................. Rp 45,515
Accounts Receivable...................................... 23,200
Notes Receivable ............................................ 39,000
Inventory ......................................................... 30,855
Supplies .......................................................... 900
Prepaid Insurance........................................... 1,800
Equipment ....................................................... 6,450
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment ....... Rp 1,625
Notes Payable ................................................. 15,000
Accounts Payable ........................................... 31,800
Interest Payable .............................................. 50
Owner’s Capital .............................................. _ _ 99,245
Rp147,720 Rp147,720
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Note: If the working papers that accompany this text are not used in
solving this problem, account numbers may differ from those presented in
this solution.
(a)
Sales Journal S1
Accounts Receivable Dr.
Date Account Debited Invoice No. Ref. Sales Revenue Cr.
Jan. 3 Baozi Co. 510 3,600
3 Lim Co. 511 1,800
11 R. Kang 512 2,900
11 Au & Sons 513 900
22 Baozi Co. 514 3,700
22 R. Kang 515 800
25 B. Bak 516 3,500
25 Lim Co. 517 6,100
23,300
(112)(401)
Purchases Journal P1
Purchases Dr.
Date Account Credited Terms Ref. Accounts Payable Cr.
Jan. 5 S. Chen 5,000
5 Koh Co. 2,700
16 Bai Co. 12,000
16 Oe Sisters 13,900
16 S. Chen 1,500
27 Bai Co. 12,500
27 Koh Co. 1,200
27 S. Chen 2,800
51,600
(510)(201)
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21 Accounts Payable—
R. Ryu ........................................... 201/ 15,000
Notes Payable ......................... 200 15,000
(Issued note for
balance due)
Adjusting Entries
31 Supplies Expense ............................ 728 900
Supplies ................................... 126 900
31 Insurance Expense
(1/10 X ₩2,000) ............................. 722/ 200
Prepaid Insurance ................... 130/ 200
31 Depreciation Expense
(1/12 X ₩1,500) ............................. 711 125
Accumulated Depreciation—
Equipment ........................... 158 125
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General Journal G1
Date Account Titles and Explanations Ref. Debit Credit
Closing Entries
Jan. 31 Inventory (Jan. 31) ........................... 120 15,000
Sales Revenue.................................. 401 79,220
Purchase Returns and
Allowances ................................... 512 200
Income Summary .................... 350 94,420
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Au & Sons
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 4,000
7 CR1 4,000 0
11 S1 900 900
21 CR1 900 0
B. Bak
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 7,500
7 CR1 2,000 5,500
25 S1 3,500 9,000
Baozi Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 3 S1 3,600 3,600
13 CR1 3,600 0
22 S1 3,700 3,700
R. Kang
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 1,500
11 S1 2,900 4,400
22 S1 800 5,200
Lim Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 3 S1 1,800 1,800
9 G1 300 1,500
13 CR1 1,500 0
25 S1 6,100 6,100
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Bai Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 11,000
9 CP1 11,000 0
16 P1 12,000 12,000
23 CP1 12,000 0
27 P1 12,500 12,500
S. Chen
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 5 P1 5,000 5,000
16 P1 1,500 6,500
27 P1 2,800 9,300
Koh Co.
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 5 P1 2,700 2,700
27 P1 1,200 3,900
Oe Sisters
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 9,000
9 CP1 9,000 0
16 P1 13,900 13,900
18 G1 200 13,700
23 CP1 13,700 0
Ryu
Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance
Jan. 1 Balance 15,000
21 G1 15,000 0
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(d) YI LTD.
Income Statement
For the Month Ended January 31, 2020
Sales
Sales revenue................................. ₩79,220
Less: Sales returns and
allowances .......................... 300
Net sales revenue .......................... 78,920
Cost of goods sold
Inventory, 1/1/20............................. ₩20,000
Purchases ...................................... ₩51,600
Less: Purchase returns and
allowances .......................... 200
Net purchases ................................ 51,400
Freight-in ........................................ 180 51,580
Cost of goods available for sale ... 71,580
Less: Inventory, 1/31/20 ............... 15,000
Cost of goods sold .................. 56,580
Gross profit .................................... 22,340
Operating expenses
Salaries and wages
expense ................................. 7,900
Rent expense ........................... 1,000
Supplies expense .................... 900
Insurance expense .................. 200
Depreciation expense .............. 125
Total oper. expenses ......... 10,125
Income from operations ...................... 12,215
Other expenses and losses
Interest expense ............................ 30
Net income ........................................... ₩12,185
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YI LTD.
Equity Statement
For the Month Ended January 31, 2020
Owner’s Capital, January 1, 2020 ..................... ₩78,700
Add: Net income .............................................. 12,185
90,885
Less: Drawings ................................................. 800
Owner’s Capital, January 31, 2020 ................... ₩90,085
YI LTD.
Statement of Financial Position
January 31, 2020
Assets
Current assets
Prepaid insurance ..................................... 1,800
Supplies ..................................................... 700
Inventory .................................................... 15,000
Notes receivable ........................................ 39,000
Accounts receivable .................................. 24,000
Cash ............................................................ 45,490
Total current assets ........................... 125,990
Total assets ......................................... ₩130,815
Current liabilities
Notes payable ............................................. ₩15,000
Accounts payable ...................................... 25,700
Interest payable .......................................... 30
Total liabilities..................................... 40,730
Total owner’s equity and liabilities ... ₩130,815
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(f) YI LTD.
Post-Closing Trial Balance
January 31, 2020
Debit Credit
Cash................................................................. ₩ 45,490
Accounts Receivable...................................... 24,000
Notes Receivable ............................................ 39,000
Inventory ......................................................... 15,000
Supplies .......................................................... 700
Prepaid Insurance........................................... 1,800
Equipment ....................................................... 6,450
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment ....... ₩ 1,625
Notes Payable ................................................. 15,000
Accounts Payable ........................................... 25,700
Interest Payable .............................................. 30
Owner’s Capital .............................................. 90,085
₩132,440 ₩132,440
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CT 7.2 DECISION MAKING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
(a) The special journals for Hoo & Haan should be: (1) sales journal,
(2) purchases journal, (3) cash receipts journal, and (4) cash payments
journal.
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The use of control accounts and subsidiary ledgers will: (1) provide
necessary up-to-date information on specific customer and creditor
balances, (2) free the general ledger of excessive detail, (3) help locate
errors in individual accounts, and (4) make possible a division of labor in
posting.
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CT 7.3 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY
Thank you for hiring two additional bookkeepers a month ago to help me with
the accounting. Unfortunately, the inefficiencies in recording transactions
have continued at an even higher rate. The reason is that there are often
times when more than one person needs to use the journal. In addition, the
daily posting of transactions continues to be very time consuming.
To use special journals, we will need columnar journal paper which can be
obtained at any office supply store at very low cost. I can also quickly train the
new bookkeepers in the use of special journals. Special journals will permit
a division of labor so that all three of us can be recording transactions at the
same time. Thus, the inefficiencies in journalizing will be eliminated.
I am confident that the use of special journals will improve the efficiency of the
accounting department. If you have any questions on this recommendation,
please let me know.
Yours sincerely,
Kiera
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(b) Indy’s instructions to assign the Bayport code to all uncoded and
incorrectly coded sales documents overstates the sales of Bayport
and understates the sales of Freeport and Rockport, thereby affecting
the employee bonus plan. Indy’s intent and action are unethical. He is
padding the sales of his wife, relatives, and friends at Bayport division
and unfairly aiding them in the bonus competition.
(c) Wiemers Products Company should have a written policy covering un-
coded and incorrectly coded sales documents. This would prevent the
manager from arbitrarily designating the division to be credited for the
uncoded sales.
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representatives at Delphi to undo the baneful effect which the
pronouncement must have on the Athenian decision. Peloponnesus
intended, no doubt, to defend itself at the Isthmus; but the Spartans
had a perfectly clear comprehension of the necessary part which the
Greek fleet, of which the Athenians must furnish the most important
contingent, must play in the defence.
It is unnecessary to suppose that the pressure was exerted on the
oracle at the immediate initiative of persons who were present on the
spot when the Athenian delegates were given the first answer.
Herodotus is not strict on questions of chronology; possibly his
sources of information did not allow him to be so; and the interval
between the two oracles may have been quite considerable relative
to the rapid march of events. Meanwhile pressure had been brought
to bear on the authorities at Delphi from Peloponnesus, a part of the
world whose representations they could not afford to neglect. So the
tone of the first response was modified in the Peloponnesian
interest. The Athenian was still counselled to desert Attica, but not to
seek safety away from Greece; and the fleet is clearly pointed to as
the means of salvation.
It was not Salamis which Delphi foresaw. It may be doubted even
whether she had any belief in the policy advocated. The Isthmus and
the Peloponnesians demanded the Athenian fleet; and Delphi could
not afford to quarrel with her best friends.
The new oracle, whose meaning was obscured by the fact that
the previous one had been uttered, came near to being
misinterpreted by those to whom it was sent. They evidently saw
from the first that it was, in a sense, a reversal of its predecessor; but
as to its positive meaning they were in much doubt.
In the account of the debate upon it Herodotus introduces,
practically for the first time, to the stage of history, with a suddenness
and simplicity of expression which is almost dramatic, the name of
H. vii. 143.
Themistocles. “There was a certain man of the
Athenians, who had recently come to the front (in the
State), whose name was Themistocles;”—“And Elijah the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab.” In both cases
the dramatic effect of the story of the lives of the men whose
biography is thus opened is heightened by the lack of anything
resembling an introduction.
That a debate did take place on the meaning of the oracle is
probably the case; and the tradition which Herodotus followed
doubtless represents in the main the lines of argument adopted by
either side. The reference to Salamis and to the lines thereon in the
response of Delphi might seem to be evidence in favour of their
genuineness; but it is quite manifest that, if the oracle was spoken at
anything like the time at which Herodotus represents it to have been
uttered, it is inconceivable that the idea of fighting at Salamis can at
that time have entered into the head of Themistocles, much less into
the minds of those who directed affairs at Delphi. Themistocles’
great reputation in the years which followed the war was very largely
due to the part he played with respect to the strategy and tactics of
Salamis; and there was every inducement for the oracle to put in
after the event a claim to the first suggestion of the famous plan. But,
if any judgment can be formed as to the approximate date at which
this particular oracle was issued, it can only be said that Salamis lay
at that time in a future impenetrable to human reckoning.
As the question of the exact bearing of these oracles has been
discussed at some length, it may be convenient to sum up in a few
sentences the hypotheses which have been suggested as to their
origin and tendency.
There seems to have been a belief current in Greece when first
the news of the coming expedition was noised abroad, that it was a
punitive one aimed, like that of Datis and Artaphernes, against
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Athens. The then recent events of 490 would lend colour to such
a belief. When the magnitude of the coming expedition became
known, and reports as to its real intent came across the Ægean,
Greece as a whole began to think that the danger was more widely
threatening than had been first supposed. Delphi did not share in this
change of opinion, and continued to regard the expedition as aimed
against Athens alone. Holding this view, she adopted the double
course of trying to remove the cause of offence by getting the
Athenians to leave Greece, and of doing all in her power to prevent
Greece as a whole from being involved in the matter. She was
successful in preventing Crete and Argos from joining in the Hellenic
defence, and the second half of the first oracle delivered to Athens, if
a part of the original version, is a threat, uttered possibly about the
time of the expedition to Thessaly, to those powers other than
Athens who seemed inclined to make the question a pan-Hellenic
one. Whatever Delphi thought, Sparta had by that time fully made up
her mind that the danger was one which threatened the whole of
Greece, and was consequently exceedingly alarmed at the tenour of
the advice given by Delphi to the Athenians, the only result of which
would be to rob her of an adjunct to the defence whose value she
fully appreciated,—the Athenian fleet No time was lost in bringing
pressure to bear on Delphi. The result was the second oracle
delivered to Athens, which, in spite of its ambiguous wording, clearly
advocated a policy in strong contrast to that which the first response
had laid down.
The account of these oracles, which is, evidently, from the
chronological point of view, of the nature of a digression in
Herodotus’ history, is succeeded by the description of certain events
which must have taken place in the autumn and winter of 481.
Several measures are described which were adopted by the
Council of the Greeks which had been formed to take the necessary
steps to resist the coming invasion. A settlement was made of the
outstanding disputes between the Greek States, and especially of
the war between Athens and Ægina.
This settlement must, apparently, be attributed to the autumn of
H. vii. 145.
481, for the measures which were next taken, which
are expressly stated to have been subsequent to this
reconciliation, were contemporaneous with the presence of the
H. vii. 37.
Persian Army at Sardes, and belong therefore to the
winter of 481–480. The measures were: the seeding of
spies into Asia; the despatching of ambassadors to solicit aid from
Gelon of Syracuse, from Crete, from Corcyra, and from Argos.
THE HARBOUR OF CORCYRA.
[To face page 241.
H vii. 166.
The Sicilian Greek seems to have had no sort of
doubt as to the connection between the invasion of his
H. vii. 165.
own island and that of the mother country. Herodotus,
ad init. even in spite of his bias towards the Greek version of
the story, gives some hint of a different version in
H vii. 166. Sicily. He does not apparently know much about it, as
he does not mention Himera as the locality of the
Frag. Hist. decisive battle.
Græc.
It is in a fragment of Ephoros that occurs the first
Frag. III. extant historical reference to the connection between
Schol. Pind.
the two expeditions. He says that Persian and
Pyth. i. 146. Phœnician ambassadors were sent to the
Carthaginians, “ordering” them to invade Sicily with as
large an expedition as possible, and after subduing it, to come on to
the Peloponnese. Discredit has been cast on the passage in
consequence of the use of the word “order,” because, so it is said,
the Persians were not in a position to give orders to Carthage. But,
supposing the use of the word is not merely an instance of verbal
inaccuracy, it is quite conceivable that a Greek historian might use
such an expression to describe the supposed relations between the
Diod. xi. 1.
mother state of Phœnicia and her colony. The
historian Diodorus recognizes the same connection
between the two expeditions. He does not, however, make any
reference to Phœnician agency in the matter, nor does he speak of
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an “order,” but of a diplomatic agreement.
One question remains: Did Gelo ever
SICILIAN
TRADITION.
seriously entertain the idea of sending help to
the mother country? It is hardly conceivable
that he did. The Carthaginian preparations were on such a scale that
he must have been long forewarned of the coming storm. Whether
he made any sort of offer to the Greek embassy is quite another
question.
If the Greek version of the story of the time provokes the
suspicion that it arose under influences inimical to the strict truth, the
Sicilian also, of which there is a hint in Herodotus, and some detail in
Diodorus, suggests in certain of its passages that it is not an
unadorned tale. That sentiment of the free Greek which, when the
history of the great war came to be written, led him to deny the
Sicilian tyrant all share in its glory, met a counter-sentiment in Sicily,
which claimed for the Sicilian Greek a share in the famous triumph.
Under such influences both exaggeration and suppression of the
truth were sure to take place. The Sicilian version was not content
with confining itself to the just claim that Gelo and Sicily in the victory
at Himera had contributed to the triumphant result of the great war. It
sought evidently to ascribe to the Sicilian Greek a sympathetic, if not
Diod. xi 26.
actual, share in the liberation of Greece itself. Gelo is
represented as having, after the victory of Himera,
prepared a fleet with a view to sending help to Greece, but to have
desisted from the design on receiving news of the victory at Salamis.
This is neither capable of proof nor disproof. The exact date of
Himera is not known, though there was a tradition that it was fought
on the same day as Salamis. If that be accepted, this addition to the
Sicilian version must be rejected; but if the tradition was merely of
that class which is found represented in the history of the time, and
which supplied the eternal demand for curious coincidences, then it
is possible that Himera was fought sufficiently long before Salamis to
make it possible for Gelo to entertain such a design; nor would it
have been strange had he sought to avenge himself on Persia for an
attack which she had provoked against him. It is possible, too, that
the epigram reported to have been engraved on an offering of Gelo
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at Delphi refers not merely to the true significance of Himera, but
also to the preparation of this expedition which was never sent.
This war in Sicily, and the questions which arise concerning it, are
of much greater importance to the study of this period of Greek
history than the comparative brevity of their treatment by Greek
historians might suggest to the mind of a reader who did not realize
to himself their full significance. The Greek tyrant in Sicily played no
small part in spreading and developing certain sides of that Greek
civilization which has contributed so largely towards the civilization of
the present day. The view, therefore, which was taken by one of the
greatest and most able of those tyrants as to the part which he
should play at a time when that civilization was threatened with
extinction, is not a minor matter in the history of Greece, or, indeed,
of the world. Nor, again, can the part played by Persia in the invasion
of Sicily be of small account. Persia at this time represented, in
certain respects,—and especially with respect to sheer capacity and
breadth of view, —the highest development which the great empires
of the East were able to attain; and its connection or lack of
connection with the attack on Sicily cannot but affect the judgment
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which the modern world must pass on that capacity.
To the Greeks gathered in council at the Isthmus the outlook, after
their retreat from Tempe, and after the return of the embassies, must
have been a gloomy one. Nothing had been gained, and much had
been lost. Thessaly with its cavalry, that arm in which the Greeks
were peculiarly weak, and their enemy peculiarly strong, had been
perforce left to its fate; and no one could doubt what that would be.
The states between Kithæron and Œta were wavering, ready to
desert. They could hardly be blamed. The backbone of the future
resistance seemed to be with Sparta and the states of the
Peloponnesian league who followed her lead.
QUESTION OF THE
LINE OF DEFENCE.
It might well be suspected, perhaps even then
it was known, that, if they could have their way,
the defence of the Isthmus would be the beginning and the end of
their design. Northern Greece seemed but too likely to be left to its
fate, just as Thessaly had been. Was it strange that it should seek to
make terms of submission? In one of its states, moreover, and that
the most powerful from a military point of view, Bœotia, more sinister
influences were at work. The oligarchical party, at all times strong in
that country whose comparatively open nature left the many at the
mercy of the powerful few, seemed only too ready to play a part
similar to that which the Aleuadæ had played in Thessaly.
The attitude of Argos was also calculated to cause alarm. It must
be pointed out at the same time, that though it aggravated the
situation to a certain extent, it did not affect it so decisively as has
been imagined by modern commentators. The possibility of the
landing of Persian troops behind the defences of the Isthmus was
not a question so much dependent on the action of Argos as on the
success or failure of the Greek fleet in checking the advance of the
enemy’s ships before they succeeded in crossing the Saronic Gulf.
Had the Persian fleet once succeeded in establishing itself in some
harbour of the coast of Argolis, the defence of the Isthmus must have
collapsed, whatever the attitude of Argos might have been. This
State, owing to the losses it had suffered in the great defeat which
Kleomenes and the Spartans inflicted upon it, can hardly have been
in a position to offer serious resistance to a landing on its coasts.
Note.—The relation of date between the return of the
embassies and the retreat from Tempe is of considerable
importance to a right appreciation of the situation at this
critical time. Herodotus dates the events in Greece by the
advance of Xerxes’ army. Thus the expedition to Tempe is
stated to have taken place βασιλέος τε μέλλοντος
διαβαίνειν ἐς τῆν Εὐρώπην ἐκ τὴς Ἀσίης, καὶ εὄντος ἤδη ἐν
Ἀβύδῳ. H. vii. 174.
Again, the embassies seem to have been despatched
simultaneously to Sicily, Corcyra, Crete and Argos (H. vii.
148, 153, etc.). That to Sicily would almost certainly be the
last to return. Gelo did not send the treasure-ships to
Delphi until after the visit of the embassy (H. vii. 163, ad
init.), and he did not send them till after he had heard that
Xerxes had crossed the Hellespont.
If, then, the rough chronology of Herodotus can be
relied upon,—and there is not any other source of
information upon the subject available,—the Greeks who
assembled at the Isthmus after the withdrawal from Tempe
must have known that the resources then at their disposal
were all upon which they could reckon in the coming
struggle.
THE CARTAGINIAN
Diodorus, xi. 1, says:—
INVASION OF “Ὁ δὲ Ξέρξης.... βονλόμενος πάντας
SICILY.
τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀναστάτους ποιῆσαι,
διεπρεσβεύσατο πρὸς Καρχηδονίους περὶ κοινοπραγίας,
καὶ συνέθετο πρὸς αὐτοὺς. ὥστε αὐτὸν μὲν ἐπὶ τοὺς τὴν
Ἑλλάδα κατοικοῦντας Ἕλληνας στρατεύειν,
“Καρχηδονίους δὲ τοῖς αὐτοῖς χρόνοις μεγάλας
παρασκευάσασθαι δυνάμεις, καὶ καταπολεμῆσαι τῶν
Ἑλλήνων τοὺς περὶ Σικελίαν καὶ Ἰταλίαν οἰκοῦντας.”
These are the historical passages which bear on the
subject.
Of non-historical passages, we have in the “Poetics” of
Aristotle, 23, a reference to the coincidence in date of the
battles of Salamis and Himera.
It is needless to say that we are here in the presence of
evidence which, if not actually conflicting, is at any rate
extremely difficult to reconcile.
Only one great fact stands out with certainty, namely,
that two great simultaneous attacks were made in 480
b.c. on the two great divisions of the free Hellenic world.
The question is: Were they part of one great scheme, or
was their coincidence purely fortuitous?
To speak with the appearance of assuredness on such
a question would be delusive, in that it would assume that
there existed in the evidence attainable a conclusiveness
to which it cannot lay any claim. Such as it is, it can only
be judged by the law of probabilities.
Let us first take the probabilities of the case apart from
the evidence actually quoted here.
Phœnicia, the mother country of Carthage, was at this
time within the Persian dominion. Its population seems, on
the whole, to have received exceptionally favourable
treatment from the Persian Government, probably
because it supplied the best material, animate and
inanimate, to the fleet of the empire. It would also be to
the interest of the Persian Government to encourage the
most enterprising traders of its dominion. Furthermore, the
subjugation of Phœnicia had not broken the tie of
relationship between the mother country and the greatest
of its colonies. When, under Cambyses, the Persian
dominions had been extended as far as the Greater Syrtis,
the Phœnicians had refused to prosecute the war further
against their kin (H. iii. 17–19); and it had apparently been
thought wise, if not necessary, to submit to this refusal.
From that time forward there had, in so far as is known,
been no unfriendly relations between Persia and
Carthage. So long as the Phœnician was well treated
there was hardly a point on which they could clash. In the
present instance their interests manifestly coincided. It
was certainly to the interest of Xerxes that the Sicilian
Greeks should have their hands full at the time of his great
attack on Greece. The Persians had plenty of means of
knowing that there was a great Greek military power in
Sicily which might render important aid to the Greeks in
the coming struggle. The Carthaginian, on the other hand,
might well think this a favourable opportunity for crushing
the ever-increasing Greek trade competition in the richest
island in the Mediterranean, at a time when the Sicilian
Greek could not expect help from the mother country.
It is, when we consider the part played by the
Phœnicians in Xerxes’ expedition, infinitely more probable
that there was a connection between the two expeditions
than that there was not. Whether the connection was of
the intimate kind described by Diodorus may perhaps be
doubted, but certainly cannot be disproved. Ephoros and
Diodorus believe it to have been intimate; and the latter
seems, in so far as can be seen from the nature of the
fragment of Ephoros, to have had evidence on the subject
quite independent of it.
No true canon of criticism can possibly assume that the
silence of Herodotus or any other ancient author on this or
any other point in ancient history is in any way conclusive.