Entries for Bad Debt Expense Under the Direct Write-Off and Allowance Method The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31: June 8. Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $7,910. Aug. 14. Received $5,620 as partial payment on the $14,160 account of Rosalie Oakes. Wrote off the remaining balance as uncollectible. Oct. 16. Received the $7,910 from Kathy Quantel, whose account had been written off on June 8. Reinstated the account and recorded the cash receipt. Dec. 31. Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (record as one journal entry): Wade Dolan $2,290 Greg Gagne 1,420 Amber Kisko 5,460 Shannon Poole 3,160 Niki Spence 870 Dec. 31. If necessary, record the year-end adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. If no entry is required, select "No entry" and leave the amount boxes blank. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method. June 8 Bad Debt Expense Bad Debt Expense Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Aug. 14 Cash Cash Bad Debt Expense Bad Debt Expense Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes Oct. 16 Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Bad Debt Expense Bad Deb
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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The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31:
June 8. | Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $7,910. | ||||||||||
Aug. 14. | Received $5,620 as partial payment on the $14,160 account of Rosalie Oakes. Wrote off the remaining balance as uncollectible. | ||||||||||
Oct. 16. | Received the $7,910 from Kathy Quantel, whose account had been written off on June 8. Reinstated the account and recorded the cash receipt. | ||||||||||
Dec. 31. | Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (record as one |
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Dec. 31. | If necessary, record the year-end |
If no entry is required, select "No entry" and leave the amount boxes blank. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
June 8 |
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Bad Debt Expense | Bad Debt Expense |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | ||
Aug. 14 |
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Cash | Cash |
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Bad Debt Expense | Bad Debt Expense | |
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Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes | Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes | |
Oct. 16 |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel |
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Bad Debt Expense | Bad Debt Expense | |
Oct. 16 |
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Cash | Cash |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Dec. 31 |
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Bad Debt Expense | Bad Debt Expense |
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Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | |
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Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | |
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Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | |
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Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | |
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Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | |
Dec. 31 |
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No entry | No entry |
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- Select - | - Select - |
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b. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method, assuming that the allowance account had a beginning balance of $23,730 at the beginning of the year and the company uses the analysis of receivables method. Rustic Tables Company prepared the following aging schedule for its accounts receivable:
Aging Class (Number of Days Past Due) |
Receivables Balance on December 31 |
Estimated Percent of Uncollectible Accounts |
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0-30 days | $380,000 | 1 | % | |||||||||||
31-60 days | 142,000 | 8 | ||||||||||||
61-90 days | 45,000 | 30 | ||||||||||||
91-120 days | 17,000 | 45 | ||||||||||||
More than 120 days | 23,000 | 80 | ||||||||||||
Total receivables | $607,000 |
June 8 |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Aug. 14 |
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Cash | Cash |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | |
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Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes | Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes | |
Oct. 16 |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | |
Oct. 16 |
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Cash | Cash |
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Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Dec. 31 |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | |
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Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | |
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Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | |
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Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | |
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Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | |
Dec. 31 |
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Bad Debt Expense | Bad Debt Expense |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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c. How much higher (lower) would Rustic Tables’ net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
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