6. The following are the balances of December 31, 2017 of the following accounts: Accounts Receivable 1,000,000.00 50,000.00 5,000,000.00 Allowance for doubtful accounts Credit sales a. Allowance for doubtful accounts should be based on 8% of account receivable. b. Allowance for doubtful accounts should be based on aging of account of 90,000. c. Allowance for doubtful accounts should be set up on 2% of credit sales. Required: 1. Prepare adjusting entry of the above transactions (A, B, C are independent to each other) 2. Compute the net realizable value of each assumption (A,B,C)
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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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