1. Kinney Corporation estimates its uncollectible accounts as a percentage of its credit sales. The rate it uses is 3% and in 2018, its credit sales were $1,500,000. Required: a. Prepare journal entries to record the bad debts expense for the year. b. If Allowance for an uncollectible account has a credit balance of $60,000 before entries in (a) above, show how Accounts Receivable will be presented in the Balance Sheet of Kinney Corporation.
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
1. Kinney Corporation estimates its uncollectible accounts as a percentage of its credit sales. The rate it uses is 3% and in 2018, its credit sales were $1,500,000.
Required:
a. Prepare
b. If Allowance for an uncollectible account has a credit balance of $60,000 before entries in
(a) above, show how
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