Q. Example of Net purchases?

Only the description would change. If Hanlon had previously paid the account the debit would be to Cash instead of Accounts Payable ever since Hanlon would receive a refund of cash. If the company take a discount at the time it paid the account only the net amount would be refunded. For example if a 2 percent discount had been taken

Hanlon's journal entry for the return would be as

Purchase allowances and returns is a contra account to the Purchases account and the income statement demonstrates it as a deduction from purchases. When both purchase returns and purchase discounts and allowances are deducted from purchases the result is net purchases.