As of January 1, 2024, The Snowboarder Company had a credit balance of $532,000 in its allowance for uncollectible accounts. Based on experience, 2% of Snowboarder's gross accounts receivable have been uncollectible. During 2024, Snowboarder wrote off $662,000 of accounts receivable. Snowboarder's gross accounts receivable as December 31, 2024 is $18,600,000. How much bad debt expense should Snowboarder record for 2024? O $904,000 O $242,000 $502,000 O $372,000 O None of the options listed
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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