A company uses gross method for accounting for cash discounts and began the period with $100 balance in its acocunts receivable account and $8 credit balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts. During the period, the company made sales on account for $200. It collected $220 cash from outstanding accounts and recorded $30 of sales discounts in the collection. During the period, the company wrote off $20 of accounts that it considered uncollectible. The company also reinstated $5 of accounts from a prior period (but it did not collect cash during the current period). Calculate the balance of accounts receivable after recording the transactions during the period.
A company uses gross method for accounting for cash discounts and began the period with $100 balance in its acocunts receivable account and $8 credit balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts. During the period, the company made sales on account for $200. It collected $220 cash from outstanding accounts and recorded $30 of sales discounts in the collection. During the period, the company wrote off $20 of accounts that it considered uncollectible. The company also reinstated $5 of accounts from a prior period (but it did not collect cash during the current period). Calculate the balance of accounts receivable after recording the transactions during the period.
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