On December 31 of the current year, the following accounts were discovered in the BT21 Company's Ledger: Dr. Accounts Receivable is at P356,800; Cr. Bad Debt Allowance is for P8,760: Cr. Cash Sales is worth P913,800; and Cr. Credit Sales is worth P1,851,000. Five percent of the outstanding accounts receivable, according to analysis, won't be recovered. What amount of the allowance for bad debts will need to be adjusted on December 31?
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.
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