During its first year of operations, Cullumber Company had credit sales of $3,701,300; $657,200 remained uncollected at year-end. The credit manager estimates that $40,500 of these receivables will become uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to record the estimated uncollectibles. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Prepare the current assets section of the balance sheet for Cullumber Company. Assume that in addition to the receivables it has cash of $92,900, inventory of $131,400, and prepaid insurance of $8,500. (List Current Assets in order of liquidity.) CULLUMBER COMPANYBalance Sheet (Partial) Current AssetsCurrent LiabilitiesIntangible AssetsLong-term InvestmentsLong-term LiabilitiesProperty, Plant and EquipmentOwner's EquityTotal AssetsTotal Current AssetsTotal Current LiabilitiesTotal Intangible AssetsTotal LiabilitiesTotal Liabilities and Owner's EquityTotal Long-term InvestmentsTotal Long-term LiabilitiesTotal Property, Plant and EquipmentTotal Owner's Equity $ $ Add Less : Current Assets Current Liabilities Intangible Assets Long-term Investments Long-term Liabilities Property, Plant and Equipment Owner's Equity Total Assets Total Current Assets Total Current Liabilities Total Intangible Assets Total Liabilities Total Liabilities and Owner's Equity Total Long-term Investments Total Long-term Liabilities Total Property, Plant and Equipment Total Owner's Equity $
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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