Materi Lab 1 - Home Office and Branch Office
Materi Lab 1 - Home Office and Branch Office
MATERI LAB 1
HOME OFFICE AND BRANCH OFFICE
Definition of Branch Office
Branch offices are part of entities. Branch offices are treated separately in
terms of their accounting system, but not in terms of legal business entities.
The Differences between Branch Offices and Sales Agencies
Aspects Sales Agencies Branches
Sales to outside entities Sales are controlled by Branches can do their own
Transactions between Home Office and Branch Office
Combining Home Office and Branch Office Financial Statements
1. Eliminate Reciprocal Accounts
Reciprocal accounts have a corresponding nature, which means whenever there
is a debit entry of a reciprocal account in the home office, there will also be a
credit entry of its matching reciprocal account in the branch office, and vice
versa.
Examples: Home Office & Branch Office, Shipment to Branch Office &
Shipment from Home Office
2. Combine Non-Reciprocal Accounts
Examples
- Creation of a New Branch
A company creates a new branch by transferring an amount of cash and equipment
Home Office (in $) Branch Office (in $)
Branch Office xxx Cash xxx
Cash xxx Equipment xxx
Equipment xxx Home Office xxx
- Merchandise Shipment
Home Office transfers merchandise to Branch Office at a cost of $xxx
Home Office Branch Office
Branch Office xxx Shipment from HO xxx
Shipment to BO xxx Home Office xxx
At Billing Price
Branch Office yyy Shipment from HO yyy
Shipment to BO yyy Home Office yyy
- Freight Cost
Home Office paid freight cost of $aaa for merchandise transferred to branch. The
merchandise cost $yyy
Branch Office aaa+yyy Shipment from HO yyy
Shipment to BO yyy Freight In aaa
Cash aaa Home Office aaa+yyy
- Merchandise Return
Branch returned A% of the merchandise from Home Office, Branch paid $bbb for the
shipment back to home office
Shipment to BO yyy*A% Home Office zzz
Loss on Excess Freight ccc Shipment from HO yyy*A%
Branch Office zzz Freight In aaa*A%
Cash bbb
yyy = previous shipment transfers from home to branch
aaa = freight in that was accrued at previous transfer transaction
ccc = (aaa*A%) + bbb
- Expense Allocation
Branch pays $xxx for operating expenses that relates equally to branch and home office
Operating Expenses xxx*1/2 Operating Expenses xxx*1/2
Branch Office xxx*1/2 Home Office xxx*1/2
Cash xxx
Illustration
Bee Company created a new branch in Bogor at the beginning of December 2021. All
merchandise shipped to Bogor branch is transferred at excess cost, which is marked up
25% of cost. Bogor branch purchased merchandise from outside suppliers on account.
Balance sheets for Bee Company’s home office at December 1, 2021, were as follows
(In thousand Rupiah):
Home Office
Assets
Cash Rp 170.000
Accounts Receivable-net Rp 30.000
Inventories Rp 80.000
Equipment-net Rp 180.000
Total Assets Rp 460.000
Transactions that occurred in December 2021 were as follows (In thousand Rupiah):
Date Transactions
December 1 Bee Company created a new branch in Bogor by transferring
Rp30.000 in cash and equipment valued at Rp9.000
December 3 Bogor Branch remitted Rp5.000 to Home Office
December 6 Bee Company transferred merchandise to Bogor Branch, Rp35.000
in cost excluding a markup of 25% using at billing price method
December 11 Bee Company paid Rp300 for Rp40.000 of merchandise shipped to
Bogor Branch
December 12 Bogor Branch returned 40% of the merchandise transferred from Bee
Company on December 11, Bogor Branch paid Rp150 for the
shipment
December 20 Bogor Branch paid Rp1.000 for advertising expense equally for
Branch and Home Office
Instructions:
Prepare the necessary journal entries, including adjusting and closing entries for both
home office and branch office to record the transactions above and prepare the working
paper entries and combining working papers. The home office recorded transfers of
inventory using at billing price method.
Solutions:
- Journal entries