Question

Samson Wholesale Beverage Company regularly factors its accounts receivable with the Milpitas Finance Company. On April 30, 2021, the company transferred $810,000 of accounts receivable to Milpitas. The transfer was made without recourse. Milpitas remits 90% of the factored amount and retains 10%. When Milpitas collects the receivables, it remits to Samson the retained amount less a 5% fee (5% of the total factored amount). Samson estimates the fair value of the last 10% of its receivables to be $61,000.

Required:
Prepare the journal entry for Samson Wholesale Beverage for the transfer of accounts receivable on April 30, assuming the sale criteria are met. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

General Journal	Debit	Credit
Cash	729000		=810000*90%
Loss on sale of receivables	60500
Receivable from factor	20500		=61000-(810000*5%)
Accounts receivable		810000