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LO6-2 Briggs & Stratton Engines Inc. uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense at the end of each accounting year. Credit sales occur frequently on terms n/45. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of four time periods as follows: (1) not yet due, (2) up to 6 months past due, (3) 6 to 12 months past due, and (4) more than one year past due. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable at year-end due to uncollectibility is (a) 1 percent, (b) 5 percent, (c) 20 percent, and (d) 50 percent, respectively.
At December 31, 2014 (end of the current accounting year), the Accounts Receivable balance was $39,500, and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $1,550 (credit). In determining which accounts have been paid, the company applies collections to the oldest sales first. To simplify, only five customer accounts are used; the details of each on December 31, 2014, follow:
Date | Explanation | Debit | Credit | Balance |
R. Devens—Account Receivable | ||||
3/13/2014 | Sale | 19,000 | 19,000 | |
5/12/2014 | Collection | 10,000 | 9,000 | |
9/30/2014 | Collection | 7,000 | 2,000 | |
C. Howard—Account Receivable | ||||
11/01/2013 | Sale | 31,000 | 31,000 | |
06/01/2014 | Collection | 20,000 | 11,000 | |
12/01/2014 | Collection | 5,000 | 6,000 | |
D. McClain—Account Receivable | ||||
10/31/2014 | Sale | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
12/10/2014 | Collection | 8,000 | 4,000 |
T. Skibinski—Account Receivable | ||||
05/02/2014 | Sale | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
06/01/2014 | Sale | 10,000 | 25,000 | |
06/15/2014 | Collection | 15,000 | 10,000 | |
07/15/2014 | Collection | 10,000 | 0 | |
10/01/2014 | Sale | 26,000 | 26,000 | |
11/15/2014 | Collection | 16,000 | 10,000 | |
12/15/2014 | Sale | 4,500 | 14,500 | |
H. Wu—Account Receivable | ||||
12/30/2014 | Sale | 13,000 | 13,000 |
Required:
- 1. Compute the total accounts receivable in each age category.
- 2. Compute the estimated uncollectible amount for each age category and in total.
- 3. Give the
adjusting entry for bad debt expense at December 31, 2014. - 4. Show how the amounts related to accounts receivable should be presented on the 2014 income statement and
balance sheet .
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