Fund. of Financial Accounting - With Access
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.1PB
Recording
Chipman Sofware recently reported the following amounts in its unadjusted
Debits | Credits | |
Accounts Receivable | $3,000 | |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | $ 20 | |
Sales (assume all on credit) | 44,000 |
Required:
- 1. Chipman uses ¼ of 1 percent of sales to estimate its
Bad Debt Expense for the year. Prepare theadjusting journal entry required for the year, assuming no Bad Debt Expense has been recorded yet. - 2. Assume instead that Chipman uses the aging of accounts receivable method and estimates that $80 of its Accounts Receivable will be uncollectible. Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry for recording Bad Debt Expense.
- 3. Repeat requirement 2, except this time assume Chipman’s year-end unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a debit balance of $20.
- 4. If one of Chipman’s main customers declared bankruptcy after year-end, what journal entry would be used to write off its $15 balance?
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