On March 1, 2021, Gold Examiner receives $166,000 from a local bank and promises to deliver 96 units of certified 1-oz. gold bars on a future date. The contract states that ownership passes to the bank when Gold Examiner delivers the products to Brink’s, a third-party carrier. In addition, Gold Examiner has agreed to provide a replacement shipment at no additional cost if the product is lost in transit. The stand-alone price of a gold bar is $1,680 per unit, and Gold Examiner estimates the stand-alone price of the replacement insurance service to be $70 per unit. Brink’s picked up the gold bars from Gold examiner on March 30, and delivery to the bank occurred on April 1.   Required: Prepare the journal entry Gold Examiner wold record on March 1, March 30 and April 1. (Do not round intermediate calculations. If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select “ No journal entry required” in the first account field.)

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On March 1, 2021, Gold Examiner receives $166,000 from a local bank and promises to deliver 96 units of certified 1-oz. gold bars on a future date. The contract states that ownership passes to the bank when Gold Examiner delivers the products to Brink’s, a third-party carrier. In addition, Gold Examiner has agreed to provide a replacement shipment at no additional cost if the product is lost in transit. The stand-alone price of a gold bar is $1,680 per unit, and Gold Examiner estimates the stand-alone price of the replacement insurance service to be $70 per unit. Brink’s picked up the gold bars from Gold examiner on March 30, and delivery to the bank occurred on April 1.

 

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Prepare the journal entry Gold Examiner wold record on March 1, March 30 and April 1. (Do not round intermediate calculations. If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select “ No journal entry required” in the first account field.)

 

Record the receipt of cash by Gold Examiner. (March 01, 2021

Record any necessary entry when Brink’s has picked up the gold bars from Gold Examiner (March 30, 2021)

Record any necessary entry upon delivery of the gold bars to the bank. (April 01, 2021)

 

Date                                             General Journal                                          Debit                     Credit

April 1, 2021  ______________________________________          ___________      ______________

                         ______________________________________          ____________    ______________

                         ______________________________________          ____________    _______________

                         _______________________________________        ____________     _______________

                         _______________________________________        ____________     _______________ 

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