Emilio Co. had the following information relating to its accounts receivable: Accounts receivable, Jan. 1 Allowance for doubtful accounts, Jan. 1 Credit sales Sales discounts Collection from customers (excluding recoveries) Accounts written off Accounts previously written off but were eventually collected P2,000,000 40,000 10,000,000 70,000 8,700,000 120,000 60,000 Compute for the doubtful accounts expense for the year and the ending balance of the allowance doubtful accounts given the following independent assumptions: Page 1 of 5 1. Uncollectible accounts are estimated at 1.5% of net credit sales. 2. Uncollectible accounts are estimated at 7.5% of outstanding accounts receivable.
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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.
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