By the end of its first year of operations, Previts Corporation has credit sales of $690,000 and accounts receivable of $290,000. Given it’s the first year of operations, Previts’ management is unsure how much allowance for uncollectible accounts it should establish. One of the company’s competitors, which has been in the same industry for an extended period, estimates uncollectible accounts to be 2% of ending accounts receivable, so Previts decides to use that same amount. However, actual write-offs in the following year were 25% of the $290,000 (= $72,500). Previts’ inexperience in the industry led to making sales to high credit risk customers. Required: 1. Record the adjustment for uncollectible accounts at the end of the first year of operations using the 2% estimate of accounts receivable. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.) Journal entry worksheet Record the adjusting entry for Uncollectible Accounts. Note: Enter debits before credits. Transaction General Journal Debit Credit 1
By the end of its first year of operations, Previts Corporation has credit sales of $690,000 and accounts receivable of $290,000. Given it’s the first year of operations, Previts’ management is unsure how much allowance for uncollectible accounts it should establish. One of the company’s competitors, which has been in the same industry for an extended period, estimates uncollectible accounts to be 2% of ending accounts receivable, so Previts decides to use that same amount. However, actual write-offs in the following year were 25% of the $290,000 (= $72,500). Previts’ inexperience in the industry led to making sales to high credit risk customers.
Required:
1. Record the adjustment for uncollectible accounts at the end of the first year of operations using the 2% estimate of accounts receivable. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No
- Record the
adjusting entry for Uncollectible Accounts.
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