Chicken Wings Company is engaged in buying and selling of office equipment which caters both cash and on account sales to customers. The following are the transactions that affect accounts receivable during 2021: Sales (cash and on account), P715,171; Cash received from cash customers, P243,297; Cash received from credit customers (340,373 was received from customers who took advantage of the discount feature of the company’s credit term 3/10, n/30, P368,760; Accounts written of as worthless, P5,996; Credit memoranda issued to credit customers for sales returns and allowances, P29,250; Cash refunds given to cash customers for sales returns and allowances, P20,536; Recoveries on accounts written off as uncollectible in prior periods (not included in cash collections stated above), P8,004 An aging of the receivables indicates that P20,933 of the accounts receivable balance are deemed uncollectible. The following balances were taken from the December 31, 2020 statement of financial position: Accounts receivable, P114,788; Allowance for bad debts, P11,785 What are the balances of Accounts Receivable that would be shown in the December 31, 2021 statement of financial position?
Reporting Cash Flows
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Balance Sheet
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Owner's Capital
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Chicken Wings Company is engaged in buying and selling of office equipment which caters both cash and on account sales to customers. The following are the transactions that affect
Sales (cash and on account), P715,171; Cash received from cash customers, P243,297; Cash received from credit customers (340,373 was received from customers who took advantage of the discount feature of the company’s credit term 3/10, n/30, P368,760; Accounts written of as worthless, P5,996; Credit memoranda issued to credit customers for sales returns and allowances, P29,250; Cash refunds given to cash customers for sales returns and allowances, P20,536; Recoveries on accounts written off as uncollectible in prior periods (not included in cash collections stated above), P8,004
An aging of the receivables indicates that P20,933 of the accounts receivable balance are deemed uncollectible.
The following balances were taken from the December 31, 2020
Accounts receivable, P114,788; Allowance for
What are the balances of Accounts Receivable that would be shown in the December 31, 2021 statement of financial position?
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