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ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounts Notes: Source Documents: Three Column Cash Book: Discount Allowed Example

We have already looked at Discount Allowed here
Here we will look at a simple example in order to look at the entries you need to make
We sold goods worth $500 to J Chimusoro on credit on 8 January
On January 12 we sold goods worth 1000 on credit R Mabasa
Chimusoro settles his account by making an RTGS deposit into our bank account on 3 February
On 16 February R Mabasa made a $900 cash payment to settle her account
What would be the entries in the books if:
1. Our business does not have a cash discount policy in place
2. Our business offers a Cash Discount of 10% if an account is settled within 3 months

Solution

a) Assuming that no other transactions took place without discount the following entries would be made in the books

				Sales(Debtor's) Ledger
			DR	J Chimusoro Account			CR
	Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
	8 Jan	Sales	500		2 Feb	Bank	500

				R Mabasa Account
	Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
	12 Jan	Sales	1000		16 Feb	Cash	1000


				Cash Book
			DR				CR
Date	Details	Cash($)	Bank($)		Date	Details	Cash($)	Bank ($)
2 Feb	J Chimusoro		500		31 Dec	Balance c/d	1000	500
16 Feb	R Mabasa	1000
		1000	500				1000	500

b) With discount in a normal two column Cash Book the entries would be:

				Sales(Debtor's) Ledger
			DR	J Chimusoro Account			CR
	Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
	8 Jan	Sales	500		2 Feb	Bank	450
					2 Feb	Discount	50
			500				500

				R Mabasa Account
	Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
	12 Jan	Sales	1000		16 Feb	Cash	900
					16 Feb	Discount	100
			1000				1000

				Cash Book
			DR				CR
Date	Details	Cash($)	Bank($)		Date	Details	Cash($)	Bank ($)
2 Feb	J Chimusoro		450		31 Dec	Balance c/d	900	450
16 Feb	R Mabasa	900
		900	450				900	450

				General Ledger
				Discount Allowed Account
	Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
	2 Feb	J Chimusoro	50		31 Dec	Profit and Loss Account	150
	16 Feb	R Mabasa	100
			150				150

c) If we use the three column Cash Book Instead the entries would be:

					Sales(Debtor's) Ledger
				DR	J Chimusoro Account			CR
		Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
		8 Jan	Sales	500		2 Feb	Bank	450
						2 Feb	Discount	50
				500				500

					R Mabasa Account
		Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
		12 Jan	Sales	1000		16 Feb	Cash	900
						16 Feb	Discount	100
				1000				1000

					Cash Book
				DR				CR
Date	Details	Discount($)	Cash($)	Bank($)		Date	Details	Discount($)	Cash($)	Bank($)
2 Feb	J Chimusoro	50		450		31 Dec	Balance c/d		900	450
16 Feb	R Mabasa	100	900
		150	900	450				---	900	450

					General Ledger
					Discount Allowed Account
		Date	Details	Amount($)		Date	Details	Amount($)
		31 Dec	Total for the year	150		31 Dec	Profit and Loss Account	150

Real examination and exercise scenarios are likely to be more complicated than this

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By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:10:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|Comments Off

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