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Chapter 7, Problem 7.8BYP
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Accounts receivable refers to the amounts to be received within a short period from customers upon the sale of goods and services on account. In other words, accounts receivable are amounts customers owe to the business. Accounts receivable is an asset of a business.
Bad debt expense is an expense account. The amounts of loss incurred from extending credit to the customers are recorded as bad debt expense. In other words, the estimated uncollectible accounts receivable are known as bad debt expense.
To describe: The appropriate accounting treatment and required disclosures for Corporation M’s underestimation at the end of 2018.
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E7.8 (LO3) (Recording Bad Debts) At the end of 2019, Sorter plc has accountsreceivable of £900,000 and an allowance for doubtful accounts of £40,000. On January 16, 2020, Sorter determined that its receivable from Ordonez Orchards£8,000 will not be collected, and management authorized its write-off.
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Prepare the journal entry for Sorter plc to write off the Ordonez receivable.
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What is the cash realizable value of Sorter plc's accounts receivable afterthe write-off of the Ordonez receivable?
E7.9 (LO3) (Computing Bad Debts and Preparing Journal Entries) The trialbalance before adjustment of Estefan Inc. shows the following balances.
Accounts Receivable $80.000 (D)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $1.750 (D)
Sales Revenue (net, all on credit) $580.000 (K)
Instructions
Give the entry for estimated bad debts assuming that the allowance is to…
E7.8 (LO 3) (Recording Bad Debts) At the end of 2020, Aramis Company has accounts receivable of $800,000 and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $40,000. On January 16, 2021, Aramis Company determined that its receivable from Ramirez Company of $6,000 will not be collected, and management authorized its write-off.
Instructions:
a. Prepare the journal entry for Aramis Company to write off the Ramirez receivable.
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QS 9-3 (Algo) Recovering a bad debt LO P1
Solstice Company determines on October 1 that it cannot collect $55,000 of its accounts receivable from its customer, P. Moore. It uses the direct write-off method to record this loss as of October 1. On October 30, P. Moore unexpectedly pays his account in full to Solstice Company.Record Solstice’s entries for recovery of this bad debt.
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INTERMEDIATE ACCT VOL.2>CUSTOM<
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