Question

Merit Consulting Company regularly performs services for its clients on credit but does not offer discount terms. Because the company was concerned about the credit-worthiness of a new client, that client paid $2,500 in cash at the time that the consulting services were performed. This transaction is recorded into Merit's cash receipts journal by entering __________
A. 2,500 in the Cash Dr. column
B. 2,500 in the Accounts Receivable Cr. column and 2,500 in the Other Accounts Cr. column
C. 2,500 in the Cash Dr. column and 2,500 in the Accounts Receivable Cr. column
D. 2,500 in the Cash Dr. column and 2,500 in the Other Accounts Cr. column

Answer 1

Answer:

Merit Consulting Company

When a client paid $2,500 in cash at the time that the consulting services were performed, the transaction is recorded into Merit's Cash Receipts Journal by entering.

A. 2,500 in the Cash Dr. column.

Explanation:

There is usually a single column for subsidiary or special journals like the Cash Receipts Journal.  The journal simply accumulates the total per the period before posting this total to the controlling account.

A special journal records transactions of a particular type.  Examples are Purchases, Sales, Returns Outwards and Inwards, Cash Receipts, and Cash Payment Journals.