At the end of its first year of operations, December 31, 2020, ASHOPEE Company had accounts receivable of P500,000, which were net of the related allowance for doubtful accounts. During 2020, ASHOPEErecorded charges to bad debts expense of P80,000 and wrote off uncollectible accounts receivable of P20,000. How much should ASHOPEE Company report in its December 31, 2020 balance sheet as accounts receivable before the allowance for doubtful accounts? 560,000 500,000 520,000
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.
At the end of its first year of operations, December 31, 2020, ASHOPEE Company had
560,000
500,000
520,000
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