At the end of its annual accounting period, Midi Company estimated its bad debts as 0.67% of its $1,830,000 of credit sales madeduring the year. On December 31, Midi made an addition to its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts equal to that amount. On the followingFebruary 1, management decided that the $2,600 account of Catherine Hicks was uncollectible and wrote it off as a bad debt. Fourmonths later, on June 5, Hicks unexpectedly paid the amount previously written offGive the journal entries required to record these transactions.cesView transaction listJournal entry worksheet1 2Record the entry for estimated bad debts.Note Ester debits before creditsDate3<41FUTSACTION FISTJournal entry worksheetGeneral JournalDateFeb 0123Note: Enter debits before credits.Record entry4DebitRecord the entry to written off amount due from Catherine Hicks.General JournalCreditClear entry< Prev3 of 10DebitNext >CreditView general journal eBookAskPrintferencesBookrintrencesJournal entry worksheet<<1Note: Enter debits before credits.Record the entry to reinstate Catherine Hicks account previously written offDateJun 05Record entry12Journal entry worksheet2DateJun 0543Note: Enter debits before credits.Record entryGeneral Journal:Record the receipt from Catherine Hicks.Clear entryGeneral JournalClear entryDebitDebitCreditView general journalCredit< PrevView general journal3 of 10Next

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At the end of its annual accounting period, Midi Company estimated its bad debts as 0.67% of its $1,830,000 of credit sales made during the year. On December 31, Midi made an addition to its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts equal to that amount. On the following February 1, management decided that the $2,600 account of Catherine Hicks was uncollectible and wrote it off as a bad debt. Four months later, on June 5, Hicks unexpectedly paid the amount previously written off Give the journal entries required to record these transactions.

At the end of its annual accounting period, Midi Company estimated its bad debts as 0.67% of its $1,830,000 of credit sales made during the year. On December 31, Midi made an addition to its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts equal to that amount. On the following February 1, management decided that the $2,600 account of Catherine Hicks was uncollectible and wrote it off as a bad debt. Four months later, on June 5, Hicks unexpectedly paid the amount previously written off Give the journal entries required to record these transactions.

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