At the end of 2021, Skysong Co. has accounts receivable of $665,400 and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $23,480. On January 24, 2022, it is learned that the company's receivable from Madonna Inc. is not collectible and therefore management authorizes a write-off of $4,415. (a) Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not i manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (b) What is the cash realizable value of the accounts receivable before the write-off and after the write-off? Before Write-Off After Write-Off Cash realizable value 2$ $
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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.
![At the end of 2021, Skysong Co. has accounts receivable of $665,400 and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $23,480. On
January 24, 2022, it is learned that the company's receivable from Madonna Inc. is not collectible and therefore management
authorizes a write-off of $4,415.
(a)
Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not in
manually.)
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
(b)
What is the cash realizable value of the accounts receivable before the write-off and after the write-off?
Before Write-Off
After Write-Off
Cash realizable value
$
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