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This assignment reviews material covered during week 2 of the class. You may find it helpful to review chapters 3, 4, and 6 of the textbook along with the practice problems provided in the Access weekend and DS 1 modules on Canvas before working through this assignment. 1 Selected unadjusted account balances of The Willard Company are shown below as of January 31. Note: the unadjusted balances are the balances before any adjustments have been made for the items listed below. Willard’s accounting year begins on January 1. You are preparing the month end balance sheet. Account Unadjusted Balance Ending (Adjusted) Balance Prepaid advertising 2,100 Supplies 5,600 Test equipment (net) 9,000 Unearned service fees 5,600 Salaries expense 2,900 Total Operating Income 20,000 Required: Adjust the balances to reflect the items listed below and enter the final, adjusted balances (as of January 31) in the table above.
1. Prepaid advertising represents advertising for January, February, and March. The amount is spit evenly across the three months (1/3 of the total for each month). 2. January 31 supplies on hand total $1,100. 3. Test equipment is expected to last 10 years. This implies depreciation for January is $75. 4. Last month the firm received $5,600 of service fees in advance. The firm performed the necessary work during January. 5. Accrued salaries not included in the unadjusted balances are $1,000. 2 On January 1 of the current year, Slaton, Inc. had the following accounts on its books: Accounts Receivable $120,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 4,000 During this year, credit sales were $600,000 and cash collections for credit sales were $580,000. The following transactions occurred during the year: Slaton wrote off L. Baxter’s account, $3,400. Slaton wrote off N. Vale’s account, $1,200. Vale, who is in bankruptcy, paid $400 in final settlement of the account written off in transaction (2). This amount is not included in the $580,000 collections mentioned above. On December 31, Slaton estimated the year’s bad debts expense at 1% of credit sales. Required Determine bad debt expense for the year along with the year end balances of Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Provide your answers in the table below: Account Ending Balance Bad Debt Expense 6000
Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Note: enter the final balance of the allowance as a positive number.) Flag question: Question 3 Question 3 6 pts At December 31 of the current year (prior to adjusting the relevant account balances for this period's bad debt expense), Roberts Company had a balance of $364,000 in its Accounts Receivable account and a balance of $3,000 in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The company has aged its accounts as follows: Current $296,000 0-60 days past due  32,000 61-180 days past due  24,000 Over 180 days past due   12,000_   $364,000 In the past, the company has experienced losses as follows: 1% of current balances, 5% of balances 0-60 days past due, 15% of balances 61-180 days past due, and 30% of balances over 180 days past due. The company bases its bad debt expense on the aging analysis. Required Determine bad debt expense for the year along with the year end balances of Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Provide your answers in the table below: Account Ending Balance Bad Debt Expense Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 135400 5800 11760 364000 8760
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(Note: enter the final balance of the allowance as a positive number.)