On December 31, 2016, Vesta Company’s accounts receivable balance was of $1,200,000, and an analysis of their accounts receivable suggests that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be 2% of accounts receivable. The balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on January 1, 2016 was $23,880 (credit). During the year 2016, Triton wrote off $25,800 of bad debts. What amount should be reported as the Bad debt expense for the year 2016? A) $24,800 B) $25,920 C) $24,000 D) $22,080
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.
What amount should be reported as the Bad debt expense for the year 2016?
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