Sales Returns and Allowances

question 119

Multiple Choice

Sales returns and allowances:

• A) Provide information about dissatisfied customers and the possibility of lost future sales.
• B) Are usually recorded in separate contra-revenue accounts.
• C) Are omitted from published statements.
• D) Represent a reduction of the customer's account receivable.
• E) All of these answers are correct.

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