At the beginning of the current period, Sheridan Company had balances in Accounts Receivable of 215,000 and in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $8,600 (credit). During the period, it had net credit sales of $806,000 and collections of $759,000. It wrote off as uncollectible accounts receivable of $8,000. However, a $3,300 account previously written off as uncollectible was recovered before the end of the current period. Uncollectible accounts are estimated to total $27,000 at the end of the period. (Omit cost of goods sold entries.)
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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