28.12A The following trial balance has been extracted from the ledger of Mr Yousef, a sole tra Trial Balance as at 31 May 2012 Sales Purchases Carriage Drawings Rent, rates and insurance Postage and stationery Advertising Salaries and wages Bad debts Allowance for doubtful debts Accounts receivable Accounts payable Cash in hand Cash at bank Inventory as at 1 June 2011 Equipment at cost accumulated depreciation Capital The following additional information as at 31 May 2012 is available: (a) Rent is accrued by £210. (b) Rates have been prepaid by £880. Dr £ 82,350 5,144 7,800 6,622 3,001 1,330 26,420 877 12,120 177 1,002 11,927 58,000 216,770 (c) £2,211 of carriage represents carriage inwards on purchases. (d) Equipment is to be depreciated at 15% per annum using the straight line method. (e) The allowance for doubtful debts to be increased by £40. (f) Inventory at the close of business has been valued at £13,551. Cr £ 138,078 130 6,471 19,000 53,091 216,770 Required: Prepare an income statement for the year ending 31 May 2012 and a statement of financial posi- tion as at that date.
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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.
Financial statements are prepared by the entity for the purpose of depicting the profitability and financial health of a business. It includes income statement, balance sheet etc.
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