b) Tommy MacDonald Company experienced the following transactions during an accounting period: a) Began the accounting period with a normal balance in its allowance account of $780,000. b) Wrote-off a receivable from Tom Matney Company in the amount $2,000. c) Wrote-off a receivable from Anthony Palmer Company in the amount of $212,000. d) Wrote-off a receivable from Renaud Pelletier Company in the amount of $76,000. e) Experienced a write-off recovery from Thomasin Pitts Company in the amount of $7,500. I f) Calculated the required balance in the allowance account to be $623,000 at the end of the period. Complete the following "T" account for the account activity described above in the allowance for doubtful accounts account. ALLOW FOR DOUBTFUL ACCTS DR CR
b) Tommy MacDonald Company experienced the following transactions during an accounting period: a) Began the accounting period with a normal balance in its allowance account of $780,000. b) Wrote-off a receivable from Tom Matney Company in the amount $2,000. c) Wrote-off a receivable from Anthony Palmer Company in the amount of $212,000. d) Wrote-off a receivable from Renaud Pelletier Company in the amount of $76,000. e) Experienced a write-off recovery from Thomasin Pitts Company in the amount of $7,500. I f) Calculated the required balance in the allowance account to be $623,000 at the end of the period. Complete the following "T" account for the account activity described above in the allowance for doubtful accounts account. ALLOW FOR DOUBTFUL ACCTS DR CR
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![b) Tommy MacDonald Company experienced the following transactions during an accounting
period:
a) Began the accounting period with a normal balance in its allowance account of
$780,000.
b) Wrote-off a receivable from Tom Matney Company in the amount $2,000.
c) Wrote-off a receivable from Anthony Palmer Company in the amount of $212,000.
d) Wrote-off a receivable from Renaud Pelletier Company in the amount of $76,000.
e) Experienced a write-off recovery from Thomasin Pitts Company in the amount of
$7,500.
I
f) Calculated the required balance in the allowance account to be $623,000 at the end of
the period.
Complete the following "T" account for the account activity described above in the allowance
for doubtful accounts account.
ALLOW FOR DOUBTFUL ACCTS
DR
CR](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F150b92c2-3aa7-422a-87e3-e9bfe0015c14%2F129ce9c3-841d-45f1-89d7-342bbbc90cfa%2Fc1a7z2m_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:b) Tommy MacDonald Company experienced the following transactions during an accounting
period:
a) Began the accounting period with a normal balance in its allowance account of
$780,000.
b) Wrote-off a receivable from Tom Matney Company in the amount $2,000.
c) Wrote-off a receivable from Anthony Palmer Company in the amount of $212,000.
d) Wrote-off a receivable from Renaud Pelletier Company in the amount of $76,000.
e) Experienced a write-off recovery from Thomasin Pitts Company in the amount of
$7,500.
I
f) Calculated the required balance in the allowance account to be $623,000 at the end of
the period.
Complete the following "T" account for the account activity described above in the allowance
for doubtful accounts account.
ALLOW FOR DOUBTFUL ACCTS
DR
CR
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