Question

In 2020, Neighbor Co-Op Inc. sells 1,000 beverages in glass bottles and receives a $1.00 deposit for each returnable bottle sold. As of December 31, 2020, a total of 800 glass bottles were returned and deposits on 120 bottles were forfeited because it is the company's policy that a deposit must be claimed within 30 days. The remaining 80 bottles are still with customers within the 30-day claim period.
Required:
a. Record the collection of deposits in 2020.
b. Record the return of glass bottles in 2020.
c. Record the forfeiture of deposits in 2020 assuming that the cost of each bottle is $0.80.

Answer 1

Answer:

a.

Date                      Account Title                                    Debit                Credit

Dec, 31. 2020       Cash                                              $1,000

                             Customer Deposits                                                  $1,000

b.

Date                      Account Title                                    Debit                Credit

Dec, 31. 2020       Customer deposits                          $800

                             Cash                                                                         $800

c.

Date                      Account Title                                    Debit                Credit

Dec, 31. 2020       Customer deposits                          $120

                             Breakage Revenue                                                   $120

                            Cost of goods sold(0.8 * 120)         $  96

                            Inventory                                                                   $  96