The following information is available for AVS-CVN Company: Credit sales during 2019 P 8,000,000 Accounts receivable deemed worthless and written off during 2019 180,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2018 160,000 As a result of a review and aging of accounts receivable in early January 2020, however, it has been determined that an allowance for doubtful accounts of P110,000 is needed at December 31, 2019. What amount should AVS-CVN record as doubtful accounts expense for the year ended December 31, 2019? P130,000 c. P90,000 P110,000 d. P270,000
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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.
The following information is available for AVS-CVN Company:
Credit sales during 2019 P 8,000,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2018 160,000
As a result of a review and aging of accounts receivable in early January 2020, however, it has been determined that an allowance for doubtful accounts of P110,000 is needed at December 31, 2019. What amount should AVS-CVN record as doubtful accounts expense for the year ended December 31, 2019?
- P130,000 c. P90,000
- P110,000 d. P270,000
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