April Ltd. reported various selected balances in its 31 December 20X7 unadjusted trial balance: Accounts receivable $ 1,9 80,000 dr. Special accounts receivable 261,000 dr. Accounts receivable-U.S. 115,000 dr. Allowance for doubtful accounts 176,950 cr. Allowance for sales discounts 49,500 cr. The following transactions and events are noted: 1. An analysis of accounts receivable indicates that $980,000 are still in the discount period. An allowance of $98,000 is needed for sales discounts. 2. An analysis of accounts receivable indicated that $216,000 of accounts receivable should
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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.
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