2-a. Using the aging schedule, compute the bad debt expense for December 2023. Bad debt expense $ 2,000 2-b. Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for December 2023. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
2-a. Using the aging schedule, compute the bad debt expense for December 2023. Bad debt expense $ 2,000 2-b. Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for December 2023. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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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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Transcribed Image Text:At December 1, 2023, Imalda Inc. reported the following information on its statement of financial position:
Accounts receivable
Allowance for doubtful
accounts
$154,000
4,500 (credit balance)
The following transactions were completed during December 2023:
December 5 Sold merchandise items for $67,000. An amount of $19,000 was received in
cash and the rest on account; terms 2/10, n/60. The total cost of sales
was $35,000.
December 12 Collected amount due from customers for credit sales made on December 5.
December 20 Collected $90,000 in cash from customers for credit sales made in November
2023.
December 26 One of Imalda's customers that owed $3,000 to the company experienced
financial problems and was forced to close its business in December. The
full amount was considered uncollectible.
Total
Estimated %
uncollectible
The company records sales revenue net of the sales discount. If a customer pays after the discount period, the sales
discount that is forfeited is recorded in a separate account (sales discounts forfeited) and closed to sales revenue at the
end of the accounting period.
Aging of Accounts Receivable
1-30 days
past due past due
$31,500
$5,000
Current
$42,000
1%
2%
31-60
days
10%
Over 60
days
past due
$6,500
30%
Transcribed Image Text:2-a. Using the aging schedule, compute the bad debt expense for December 2023.
Bad debt
expense
No
1
$
2-b. Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for December 2023. (If no entry is required for a
transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
✓
Date
Dec. 31
2,000
General Journal
Bad debt expense
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Debit
2,000X
Credit
2,000X
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