eceivable accounting to hi relating to accounts receival the year ended 31" Decemb s goods on RO 50000 for ca company. The company ha= ple according to the terms o: ny has not received any m- e the bad and doubtful debts
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.
![Task 1:
Ms. Shafiya is accounting manager of Salalah Cement factory, having Ms. Shafiya wishes to
explain about accounts receivable accounting to his accounting executives and expect you to
understand the following relating to accounts receivable and prepare necessary journal entries and
accounting treatment for the year ended 31* December 2021.
• The company sells goods on RO 50000 for cash and RO 30000 on credit basis to various
customers in the company. The company has received RO 5000 towards credit sales and
the rest is receivable according to the terms of the business transaction.
Later, the company has not received any money out of the rest of the credit sales and
decided to estimate the bad and doubtful debts at 2% of the total credit sales. The company
had allowance for bad and doubtful debts (credit balance) RO 3000.
(a)
Explain the concept of bad debts, allowance for doubtful debts and bills receivable
Prepare journal entries and show how it will appear in income statement and balance
(b)
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