An aging of a company's accounts receivable indicates that the estimate of uncollectible accounts totals $4,777. If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,365 debit balance, the adjustment to record the bad debt expense for the period will require a a.debit to Bad Debt Expense for $1,365. b.debit to Bad Debt Expense for $4,777. c.credit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $4,777. d.debit to Bad Debt Expense for $6,142.
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.
An aging of a company's
Bad debts expense is an expense caused due to non-payment by the accounts receivable or part payment by the accounts receivable. It is generally recorded in the income statement and classified under the heading sales and administrative expense.
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