Question

On July 31, the bookkeeping account Supplies Inventory shows a debit balance of $1,000. A physical inventory taken on that date indicates that $800 of supplies are on hand. What amount of supplies was used in July?

Answer 1

Answer:

$200

Explanation:

When Supplies inventory are purchased, a debit is posted to Supplies inventory and a credit to cash account or accounts payable.

As the inventories are used, debit Supplies expense and credit Supplies inventory account.

Given that $1,000 was the debit in the books and $800 per count, it means the books balance needs to be written down to the physical balance. The difference to be posted

= $1,000 - $800

= $200

This will be done by

Debit Supplies expense  $200

Credit Supplies Inventory  $200

Being entries to record inventory used in July