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Aardvark Company sells merchandise only on credit. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the following data are available:

 

Sales (all on credit)

$1,200,000

Accounts Receivable, January 1, 2019

225,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts, January 1, 2019 (credit)

15,000

Cash collections during 2019

1,050,000

Accounts written off as uncollected (default) during 2019

10,000

 

  1. Determine the balance of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2019.

 

$225,000 + $1,200,000 - $1,050,000 - $10,000 = $365,000

 

  1. Assume that the company estimates bad debts at 2% of credit sales. What amount will the company record as bad debt expense for 2019?

 

$24,000

 

  1. What journal entry would Aardvark prepare to record bad debt expense for 2019 (related to part B)?

 

Dec. 31

Bad Debt Expense

24,000

 

     Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

24,000

 

  1. Assume that the company estimates bad debts based on the aging method, and the aging schedule estimates that $30,100 of the year-end accounts receivable will be uncollected. What amount will the company record as bad debt expense for 2019?

 

$25,100

 

  1. What journal entry would Aardvark prepare to record bad debt expense for 2019 (related to part D)?

 

Dec. 31

Bad Debt Expense

25,100

 

     Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

25,100

 

  1. What is the net realizable value of the receivables (i.e., Net A/R) to be reported on the balance sheet at year-end (assuming the A/R aging method was used by Aardvark)?

 

Accounts Receivable

365,000

Less: Allowance for doubtful debts

(30,100)

Net Accounts Receivables

334,900

 

 

 

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Accounts receivable is the proceeds which the company will receive from its customers to whom goods were sold on credit.

 

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