Answer:
C
Explanation:
The company would have recorded the inventory and a corresponding creditor immediately upon purchase as follows:
Debit Merchandise Inventory $ 1,800; Credit Accounts Payable $1,800
On July 7th when $200 worth of inventory was returned, the inventory and corresponding creditor would have been minimized with $200 as follows:
Debit Accounts Payable $200; Credit Merchandise inventory $200
There is now only $1600 worth of inventory and accountants payable left.
The company gets an early settlement discount of 2% if they pay within 10 days. 12 July is only 7 days after the 5th, thus the settlement discount applies. $1600 x 2% = $32 which they paid cheaper for the inventory and the inventory account will be credited with $32.
Only $1568 cash was paid from the bank but nothing is owed to creditor and it will thus be debited with $1600.