11. The following aging of Accounts Receivable is for Cook Company at the end of its first year of business: Leticia James Sarah Green Jay Krishnan Luis Hernandez Preeti Shroff Yu Gao Total Age of Account Less than 30 days Overall $ 30,000 120,000 36,000 180,000 48,000 75,000 31 to 60 days 61 to 90 days Over 90 days $489,000 Aging of Accounts Receivable December 31, 20X1 Less than 31 days to 30 days 60 days $24,000 93,000 9,000 2 12 35 80 150,000 30,000 60,000 Percent Ultimately Uncollectible 12,000 12,000 30,000 18,000 $366,000 $24,000 Cook Company has collected the following bad debt information from a consultant familiar with Cook's industry: $72,000 61 days to 90 days $3,000 6,000 15,000 Over 90 days $3,000 15,000 9,000 $27,000 Required a. Compute the appropriate allowance for bad debts as of December 31, 20X1. b. What is Cook's NET Accounts Receivable balance as of December 31, 20X1? c. Assume the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts before any adjusting entries was a CREDIT of $5,000. Record the correct adjusting entry for Bad Debt Expense.
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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