Accounts receivable, 12/31/21 1,300,000 Credit sales for 2022 5,400,000 Collections from customers for 2022, excluding recovery Accounts written off 9/30/22 4,750,000 125,000 Collection of accounts written off in prior year (customer credit was not reestablished) Estimated uncollectible receivable per aging of receivable at 12/31/22 25,000 165,000 On December 31, 2022, the amortized cost of accounts receivable is a. 1,825,000 b. 1,800,000 c. 1,635,000 d. 1,660,000
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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.
![6) Brotherhood Company had the following information relating to its accounts receivable:
Accounts receivable, 12/31/21
1,300,000
Credit sales for 2022
5,400,000
4,750,000
125,000
Collections from customers for 2022, excluding recovery
Accounts written off 9/30/22
Collection of accounts written off in prior year (customer credit was not
reestablished)
Estimated uncollectible receivable per aging of receivable at 12/31/22
25,000
165,000
On December 31, 2022, the amortized cost of accounts receivable is
a. 1,825,000
b. 1,800,000
c. 1,635,000
d. 1,660,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe239a8d2-4537-4a33-8602-28867e5c52b4%2Fc296c318-aa35-40aa-8736-779879f12dc5%2Ftogmd1m_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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