2018 Estimated that bad debts expense for the year was 2% of credit sales of $450,000 and recorded that amount as expense. The company uses the allowance method. Dec. 31 31 Made the closing entry for bad debts expense. 2019 Jan. 17 Sold merchandise inventory to Mack Smith, $400, on account. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold. Jun. 29 Wrote off Mack Smith's account as uncollectible after repeated efforts to collect from him. Aug. 6 Received $400 from Mack Smith, along with a letter apologizing for being so late. Reinstated Smith's account in full and recorded the cash receipt. Made a compound entry to write off the following accounts as uncollectible: Cam Carter, $1,400; Mike Venture, $1,200; and Russell Reeves, $400. Dec. 31 Estimated that bad debts expense for the year was 2% on credit sales of $510,000 and recorded the expense. 31 31 Made the closing entry for bad debts 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.
Accounting for uncollectible accounts using the allowance method (percent-of-sales) and reporting receivables on the
Delta Watches completed the following selected transactions during 2018
Requirements
- Open T-accounts for Allowance for
Bad Debts and Bad Debts Expense, assuming he accounts begin with a zero balance. Record the transactions in the general joint (omit explanations), and post to the two T-accounts. - Assume the December 31, 2019, balance of
Accounts Receivable is $136,000. Show how net accounts receivable would be reported on the balance sheet at that date.
![2018
Estimated that bad debts expense for the year was 2% of credit sales of
$450,000 and recorded that amount as expense. The company uses the
allowance method.
Dec. 31
31 Made the closing entry for bad debts expense.
2019
Jan. 17 Sold merchandise inventory to Mack Smith, $400, on account. Ignore Cost of
Goods Sold.
Jun. 29
Wrote off Mack Smith's account as uncollectible after repeated efforts to
collect from him.
Aug. 6 Received $400 from Mack Smith, along with a letter apologizing for being so
late. Reinstated Smith's account in full and recorded the cash receipt.
Made a compound entry to write off the following accounts as uncollectible:
Cam Carter, $1,400; Mike Venture, $1,200; and Russell Reeves, $400.
Dec. 31
Estimated that bad debts expense for the year was 2% on credit sales of
$510,000 and recorded the expense.
31
31
Made the closing entry for bad debts expense.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F681d091d-a724-48b6-85a3-0a746338c7fc%2F5ef02cd2-db5e-4497-9abc-9cd96cae2255%2F3bhptu.png&w=3840&q=75)
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