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Chapter 14. Expenses & Cash Payments. Terms:. Purchase Discounts: Given to the purchaser to encourage early payment. Purchase Returns & Allowances: A return of goods or a decrease in the amount owed by the purchaser. Two methods of accounting for Discounts:.
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Chapter 14 Expenses & Cash Payments
Terms: • Purchase Discounts: Given to the purchaser to encourage early payment. • Purchase Returns & Allowances: A return of goods or a decrease in the amount owed by the purchaser.
Two methods of accounting for Discounts: • Gross method: Purchase recorded at full amount. • If discount taken, Inventory reduced by amount of the discount. • Net method: Purchase recorded at invoice price LESS the discount. • If discount NOT taken, must use a Purchases Discount Lost account.
Better Method? • Net - shows which discounts were missed. Gross method doesn’t show this!
Procedures for purchasing: (Old Way) • Completed PO (purchase order) sent to supplier. • When goods arrive, a Receiving Report (RR) is completed when goods are inspected. • PO matched with RR by accounting dept. before bill is paid.
Procedures for Purchasing: (New Ways) • Procurement card used for small purchases. (PO’s expensive to prepare.) • EDI - used by larger companies. • Outsourcing - pay someone else to handle A/Pay.
Accrued Liabilities: • Amounts owed (but not yet paid) for things like salaries, utilities, taxes, etc. • Must record these at end of accounting period or expenses & liabilities will be understated. • Increase the expense account on the left & increase liability account on the right.
Warranties • Must be estimated (like bad debt!) and recorded in the year the sale is made. • Expenses matched against revenues. • Increase Warranty Liabilities on the right & Warranty expense on the left.
Payroll Taxes • Withheld from employees earnings: • FIT - amount depends on gross earnings, pay period, exemptions, marital status. • SIT - Each state varies. • FICA Social Security - 6.2% on Max. of $68,400/year. (changes!) • FICA Medicare - 1.45% of all earnings. • “Other” - Medical insurance, union dues, etc.
Payroll Taxes • Paid by the Employer • FICA Social Security (same amount) • FICA Medicare (same amount) • SUTA (varies by state, industry, & experience rating.) • FUTA - .8% of first $8,000 of wages.
Income Taxes, Sales Taxes • Cover on your own.
Prepaids • Sometimes a company pays for expenses ahead of time. • Increase an asset account when payment is made • Decrease the asset and increase an expense account when the item is “used up”.
Loss Contingencies • A possible loss. • May have to report on the financial statements, depending on two conditions: • 1. Likelihood that the loss will occur. • 2. Ability to estimate the loss. (page 478-480 gives details!)
Must evaluate liquidity • Be sure to read through this section!