On January 1, 2019, Jasmin Company had a credit balance of P260,000 in the allowance or uncollectible accounts. Based on past experience, 2% of credit sales would be uncollectible. During the current year, the entity wrote off P325,000 of uncollectible accounts. Credit sales for the year totaled P9,000,000. What is the uncollectible accounts expense? a. P325,000 b. P180,000 c. P440,000 d. P65,000
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.
On January 1, 2019, Jasmin Company had a credit balance of P260,000 in the allowance or uncollectible accounts. Based on past experience, 2% of credit sales would be uncollectible. During the current year, the entity wrote off P325,000 of uncollectible accounts. Credit sales for the year totaled P9,000,000. What is the uncollectible accounts expense?
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