Financial Accounting: The Impact on Decision Makers
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Author: Gary A. Porter, Curtis L. Norton
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.1DC
Reading 3M Company’s Balance Sheet:
The following current asset appears on the balance sheet in 3M Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (amounts in millions of dollars):
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- What is the balance in 3M Company’s Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at the end of 2013 and 2012?
- What is the net realizable value of 3M Company’s accounts receivable at the end of each of these two years?
- What caused increases in the allowance account during 2013? What caused decreases? Explain what a net decrease in the account for the year means.
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