CHP finds out on May 10th that Customer W's account receivable for $1,000 from services provided last year is uncollectible. Prior to writing-off Customer W's A/R the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit (normal) balance of $8,300 and their A/R balance was $285,000. Record the effects of the write-off on May 10th. 5/10 285,000 A/R Allowance for uncollectible accounts 8,300 What was CHP's net A/R before the write-off and after the write off? Before Write off $285,000 $8.300 $276,700 Accounts Receivable Allowance for uncollectible accounts Net accounts receivable Collection of Amounts Previously Written Off Later in the year Customer Wis able to pay $300 of his previous $1,000 he owed the company. He pays the company $300. Re-establish the Accounts Receivable for the amount paid by partially reversing the write-off on May 10th as follows: Accounts Receivable (A+) 300 After Allowance for uncollectible accounts (XA+→→A-) To re-establish a portion of Customer W's A/R previously written off 300
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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.


Accounts receivable is an asset for the firm which represents an amount due from a customer. Accounts receivable has a normal debit balance and reported as a current asset on the balance sheet. An allowance account is created to record the estimated uncollectible accounts. Allowance account is treated as contra asset account and has a normal credit balance.
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