35.The following were taken from the income statement of ABC corporation for the year 2007: Gross profit on sales P800,000 Less: Deductible expenses Provision for bad debts P440,000 80,000 520,000 Net income before income tax P280,000 Additional information: a. Accounts written-off during the year and charged to allowance for bad debts- P50,000. b. Recoveries on accounts receivable previously written-off in 2006 and credited to allowance for bad debts. Allowed as deduction by the BIR P 30,000 20,000 Disallowed by the BIR as deduction d. P340.000 The net income before income tax of ABC Corporation is: c. P330,000 b. P260,000 a. P280,000
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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