8 Nissan Inc. is using the percentage of receivables method, set at 5% of ending Accounts Receivable. The company has the following data for the year: Allowance for Bad Debts, 12/31/19-credit balance Sales including cash sales Accounts written off as uncollectible during 2020 Cash Sales P 28,000 5,000,000 23,000 500,000 3,500,000 270,000 5,000 Collections from credit sales Accounts Receivable at 1/1/20 Uncollectible accounts recovery during 2020 What is Nissan's allowance for bad debts that shall be presented in its 2020 statement of financial position?
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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