During its first year of operations, Drone Zone Corporation (DZC) bought goods from a manufacturer on account at a cost of $55,000. DZC returned $8,500 of this merchandise to the manufacturer for credit on its account. DZC then sold $43,000 of the remaining goods at a selling price of $69,600. DZC records sales returns as they occur and then records estimated additional returns at year-end. During the year, customers returned goods that had been sold at a price of $7,300. These goods were in perfect condition, so they were put back into DZC’s inventory at their cost of $4,500. At year-end, DZC estimated $9,510 of current year merchandise sales would be returned to DZC in the following year; DZC estimates $5,800 as its cost of this merchandise. Required:
Prepare journal entries to record DZC's transactions and estimates, assuming DZC uses a perpetual inventory system.

Explanation:

                            Journal Entries

Event       Account Title and Explanation          Debit          Credit

1                Inventory (or merchandise)              $ 55,000  

                Accounts Payable                                                $ 55,000

                To record the purchase on account

2              Accounts Payable                             $ 8,500

              Inventory (or merchandise)                                  $ 8,500  

               To record return the merchandise

3.            Cash   ( or Accounts receivable)      $69,600

              Sales Revenue                                                      $ 69,600

                To record sales revenue

4.            Cost of goods sold                               $43,000

              Inventory  (or merchandise inventory)                 $43,000

                To record cost of goods sold

5.            Sales return and allowances               $7,300

              Cash  (or Accounts receivable)                             $7,300

                To record the sales return

6.          Inventory (or merchandise Inventory)  $ 4,500

            Cost of goods sold                                                     $4,500

            To record the reversal of  COGS (Cost of goods sold)

7.          Sales return and allowances                $ 9510

            Allowances  for sales return                                        $9510

            To record the allowances for the estimated return

8.        Inventory - Estimated Return                  $5,800

           Cost of goods                                                               $5,800

         To record the allowances for the estimated -

         return of the cost of goods sold

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