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Accounts receivable
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:
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.
Percentage-of-sales basis:
It is a method of estimating the
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To prepare: The journal entry, to record the write-off of the customer’s bad debts.
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Chapter 8 Solutions
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- On March 24, MS Companys Accounts Receivable consisted of the following customer balances: S. Burton 310 A. Tangier 240 J. Holmes 504 F. Fullman 110 P. Molty 90 During the following week, MS made a sale of 104 to Molty and collected cash on account of 207 from Burton and 360 from Holmes. Prepare a schedule of accounts receivable for MS at March 31, 20--.arrow_forwardUsing data in Exercise 9-9, assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Waddell Industries has a credit balance of 6,350 before adjustment on August 31. Journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts as of August 31. Waddell Industries has a past history of uncollectible accounts, as follows. Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule you completed in Exercise 9-8. The accounts receivable clerk for Waddell Industries prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on August 31: The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule and not included in the preceding subtotals: a. Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts as of August 31. b. Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.arrow_forwardCatherines Cookies has a beginning balance in the Accounts Payable control total account of $8,200. In the cash disbursements journal, the Accounts Payable column has total debits of $6,800 for November. The Accounts Payable credit column in the purchases journal reveals a total of $10,500 for the current month. Based on this information, what is the ending balance in the Accounts Payable account in the general ledger?arrow_forward
- Casebolt Company wrote off the following accounts receivable as uncollectible for the first year of its operations ending December 31: a. Journalize the write-offs under the direct write-off method. b. Journalize the write-offs under the allowance method. Also, journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. The company recorded 5,250,000 of credit sales during the year. Based on past history and industry averages, % of credit sales are expected to be uncollectible. c. How much higher (lower) would Casebolt Companys net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?arrow_forwardUNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTSPERCENTAGE OF SALES AND PERCENTAGE OF RECEIVABLES At the completion of the current fiscal year ending December 31, the balance of Accounts Receivable for Yangs Gift Shop was 30,000. Credit sales for the year were 355,200. REQUIRED Make the necessary adjusting entry in general journal form under each of the following assumptions. Show calculations for the amount of each adjustment and the resulting net realizable value. 1. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of 330. (a) The percentage of sales method is used and bad debt expense is estimated to be 2% of credit sales. (b) The percentage of receivables method is used and an analysis of the accounts produces an estimate of 6,950 in uncollectible accounts. 2. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of 400. (a) The percentage of sales method is used and bad debt expense is estimated to be 1.5% of credit sales. (b) The percentage of receivables method is used and an analysis of the accounts produces an estimate of 5,685 in uncollectible accounts.arrow_forwardUNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTSPERCENTAGE OF SALES AND PERCENTAGE OF RECEIVABLES At the completion of the current fiscal year ending December 31, the balance of Accounts Receivable for Andersons Greeting Cards was 180,000. Credit sales for the year were 1,950,000. REQUIRED Make the necessary adjusting entry in general journal form under each of the following assumptions. Show calculations for the amount of each adjustment and the resulting net realizable value. 1. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of 2,600. (a) The percentage of sales method is used and bad debt expense is estimated to be 1.5% of credit sales. (b) The percentage of receivables method is used and an analysis of the accounts produces an estimate of 30,250 in uncollectible accounts. 2. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of 1,900. (a) The percentage of sales method is used and bad debt expense is estimated to be 1.0% of credit sales. (b) The percentage of receivables method is used and an analysis of the accounts produces an estimate of 20,500 in uncollectible accounts.arrow_forward
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