a. Journalize the write-offs for 2019 under the direct write-off method. b. Journalize the write-offs for 2019 under the allowance method. Also, journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. The company recorded $2,600,000 of credit sales during 2019. Based on past history and industry averages, 1.75% of credit sales are expected to be uncollectible. c. How much higher or lower would Adams Company's 2019 net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
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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.
![Adams Company wrote off the following accounts receivable as uncollectible for the first year of its operations ending
December 31, 2019:
Amount
10,000
Customer
Billy Adams
Stan Fry
8,000
Tammy Imes
Shana Wagner
5,000
1,700
Total
24,700
a. Journalize the write-offs for 2019 under the direct write-off method.
b. Journalize the write-offs for 2019 under the allowance method. Also, journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible
accounts. The company recorded $2,600,000 of credit sales during 2019. Based on past history and industry averages,
1.75% of credit sales are expected to be uncollectible.
c. How much higher or lower would Adams Company's 2019 net income have been under the direct write-off method
than under the allowance method?
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