CP 7-5 Impulse Inc. had the following unadjusted account balances at December 31, 2019, its year-end. Account Balances Debit $125,000 Credit Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ 3,000 Sales 750,000 Impulse estimates its uncollectible accounts as five per cent of its December 31 accounts receivable balance. Required: 1. Calculate the amount of estimated uncollectible accounts that will appear on Impulse's balance sheet at December 31, 2019. 2. Calculate the amount of bad debt expense that will appear on Impulse's income statement at December 31, 2019. 3. Prepare a partial balance sheet at December 31, 2019 showing accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts, and the net accounts receivable.
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.
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