Age of Customer Debt Amounts owed Estimate of % that (including GST) will not be collected. 1-30 days overdue 14,107.50 5% 31 180 days overdue 6,204.00 16 % 181 - 365 days overdue 2,458.50 25 % 1 year + overdue 517.00 100 % 23,287.00 Perfect Cover Insurance Brokers sales data for the past year is Credit Sales and Commissions $42,900 $11,600 $ 2,400 (returns are only available on credit sales) Cash Sales and Commissions Sales Returns Industry data shows that 5% of credit transactions are likely to go bad. Rita has also informed you that the current balance in her allowance for doubtful debts account is 500 Dr after a recent bad debt write off. a) Record Journal entry to adjust the allowance for doubtful debts account using the net sales method. b) State the balance of the allowance for doubtful debts accounts after the adjustment in part A is completed. ABC
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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