During Burns Company's first year of operations, credit sales totaled $180,000 and collections on credit sales totaled $125,000. Burns estimates that bad debt losses will be 1.0% of credit sales. By year-end, Burns had written off $500 of specific accounts as uncollectible. Required: 1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries relative to uncollectible accounts and bad debt expense. 2. Show the year-end balance sheet presentation for accounts receivable. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

During Burns Company's first year of operations, credit sales totaled $180,000 and collections on credit sales totaled $125,000. Burns estimates that bad debt losses will be 1.0% of credit sales. By year-end, Burns had written off $500 of specific accounts as uncollectible. Required: 1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries relative to uncollectible accounts and bad debt expense. 2. Show the year-end balance sheet presentation for accounts receivable. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

10th Edition

ISBN:9781259964947

Author:Libby

Publisher:Libby

Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1Q

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Al Bakara company report the following results for its calendar year December 31,2021. Cash sales 310,000 Credit sales 220,000 Account receivable 44,000 (debit) Account payable 78,000 (credit) Allowances for doubtful accounts 7,000 (debit) The company bad debts estimated to be 2%of annual total sale. Required: 1- Prepare the adjusting entry to record the estimated bad debt. Answer in the following format [Note: This is just an example and is not related to the question] Jan 1 Dr. Cash......... .120 Cr. Owner capital ..............120 2- Show how Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts appear on Al Bakara company December 31 balance sheet.
Please help me to solve this problem
Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts. During November, ITI sold services on account for $100,000 and estimated that 3/4 of 1 percent of those sales would be uncollectible. Required: Prepare the November adjusting entry for bad debts. Starting in December, ITI switched to using the aging method. At its December 31 year-end, total Accounts Receivable is $93,200, aged as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $77,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $12,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $4,200. The average rate of uncollectibility for each age group is estimated to be (1) 12 percent, (2) 24 percent, and (3) 48 percent, respectively. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Before the end-of-year adjusting entry is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,700 credit balance at December 31. Prepare the December 31 adjusting entry. Show how the various accounts…
At the end of the fiscal year, before the accounts are adjusted, accounts receivable has a balance of $200,000 and allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $2,500. Sales are $1,500,000. Bad debt expense is estimated to be 2% of sales. The amount of bad debt expense to be recorded is: Group of answer choices
3
Required information. [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] At December 31, Hawke Company reports the following results for its calendar year. Cash sales. Credit sales $ 400,000 $1,000,000 In addition, its unadjusted trial balance includes the following items. Accounts receivable. $ 900,000 debit Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 7,200 debit 2. Bad debts are estimated to be 4% of credit sales. Show how Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts appear on its December 31 balance sheet. Current assets: $ 0
Liang Company began operations in Year 1. During its first two years, the company completed a number of transactions involving sales on credit, accounts receivable collections, and bad debts. These transactions are summarized as follows.Year 1 Sold $1,352,400 of merchandise on credit (that had cost $979,500), terms n/30. Wrote off $18,400 of uncollectible accounts receivable. Received $668,400 cash in payment of accounts receivable. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 2.40% of accounts receivable would be uncollectible. Year 2 Sold $1,516,800 of merchandise (that had cost $1,299,500) on credit, terms n/30. Wrote off $34,500 of uncollectible accounts receivable. Received $1,187,600 cash in payment of accounts receivable. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 2.40% of accounts receivable would be uncollectible Required:Prepare journal entries to record Liang’s Year 1 and Year 2 summarized transactions and its year-end…
Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts. During November, ITI sold services on account for $130,000 and estimated that 3/4 of 1 percent of those sales would be uncollectible. Required: 1. Prepare the November adjusting entry for bad debts. 2. Starting in December, ITI switched to using the aging method. At its December 31 year-end, total Accounts Receivable is $89,900, aged as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $74,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $12,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,900. The average rate of uncollectibility for each age group is estimated to be (1) 12 percent, (2) 24 percent, and (3) 48 percent, respectively. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. 3. Before the end-of-year adjusting entry is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,550 credit balance at December 31. Prepare the December 31 adjusting entry. 4. Show how the various accounts…
At December 31, Hawke Company reports the following results for its calendar year. Cash sales $ 280,000 Credit sales $ 700,000 In addition, its unadjusted trial balance includes the following items. Accounts receivable $ 630,000 debit Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 5,000 debit Required: 1. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts under each separate assumption. Bad debts are estimated to be 4% of credit sales. Bad debts are estimated to be 3% of total sales. An aging analysis estimates that 4% of year-end accounts receivable are uncollectible. Adjusting entries (all dated December 31).
A company is getting ready to publish their annual financial statements. They have the following beginning balances: Beginning balance for gross accounts receivable (A) $2,000 beginning balance for Allowance for doubtful accounts (XA) $300 question: now supposed that the company recorded $50 in write-offs for the current accounting period. if the company makes $10,000 in credit sales in the current period. Assume that 1% of credit sales are typically not collectible, using the income statement method, what is the bad expense now? please show work so I can understand the problem
The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] At December 31, Hawke Company reports the following results for its calendar year. Cash sales $ 320,000 Credit sales $ 800,000 In addition, its unadjusted trial balance includes the following items. Accounts receivable $ 432,000 debit Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 4,300 debit 3. An aging analysis estimates that 5% of year-end accounts receivable are uncollectible. Show how Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts appear on its December 31 balance sheet.
At year end, Accounts Receivable had a balance of $820,000 and it is estimated that 4% of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. The Allowance for Bad Debts account has a credit balance of $5,000 and the company use the percent of receivables method to record bad debts expense. The adjusted balance in the Allowance for Bad Debts account should be a credit of OA. $37,600 OB. $32,600 OC. $27,800 OD. $32,800