Alison's dress shop buys dresses from McGuire Manufacturing. Alison purchased dresses from McGuire on July 17 and received an invoice with a list price amount of $6,000 and payment terms of 2/10, n/30. Alison uses the net method to record purchases. Alison should record the purchase at:

Allison should record the purchase at $5880

Explanation:

The net method for recording purchases implies that the purchases is recorded net of the envisaged cash discount on the transaction since the purchaser believes they would settle their account before the cash discount period expires.

Based on the above, the purchases would be recorded as shown below:

cost of purchase=original purchase value*(100%-discount rate)

original purchase price is $6,000

discount rate is 2%

cost of purchase=$6000*(100%-2%)

                           =$6000*98%

                            =$5880

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