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Chapter 8, Problem 8.7E
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Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate Bad Debt Expense. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1 ) 1–30 days old, $12,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $5,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,000. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable due to uncollectibility is (1) 5 percent, (2) 10 percent, and (3) 20 percent, respectively. At December 31 (end of the current year), the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $800 (credit) before the end-of-period
Required:
- 1. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
- 2. What amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December 31?
- 3. If the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a $600 debit balance, what amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December 31?
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