Cullumber Corporation has been experiencing a higher than expected number of warranty claims in the current year, due mainly to less than ideal product design. For this reason, the warranty expense percentage used was changed from 2% to 3% of sales. The warranty expense for the current year was calculated using the new rate of 3% of sales. The controller estimates that if the new rate had been used in the past, an additional $200,000 worth of warranty expense would have been recorded. Do not give answer in image
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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.
Cullumber Corporation has been experiencing a higher than expected number of warranty claims in the current year, due mainly to less than ideal product design. For this reason, the warranty expense percentage used was changed from 2% to 3% of sales. The warranty expense for the current year was calculated using the new rate of 3% of sales. The controller estimates that if the new rate had been used in the past, an additional $200,000 worth of warranty expense would have been recorded.
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