Exercise 8-03 At the beginning of the current period, Kingbird Corp. had balances in Accounts Receivable of $192,800 and in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $8,520 (credit). During the period, it had net credit sales of $722,500 and collections of $708,940. It wrote off as uncollectible accounts receivable of $7,972. However, a $3,275 account previously written off as uncollectible was recovered before the end of the current period. Uncollectible accounts are estimated to total $22,740 at the end of the period. (Omit cost of goods sold entries.) (a) Prepare the entries to record sales and collections during the period. (b) Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the period. (c) Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the period. (d) Prepare the entry to record bad debt expense for the period. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) No. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (a) Enter an account title to record sales Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title to record sales Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount (To record sales) Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount (To record cash received) (b) Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount (c) Enter an account title to reinstate account previously written off Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title to reinstate account previously written off Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount (To reinstate account previously written off) Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount (To record cash received) (d) Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount Enter an account title Enter a debit amount Enter a credit amount SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT LINK TO VIDEO Determine the ending balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Ending balance in Accounts Receivable $Enter a dollar amount Ending balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $Enter a dollar amount SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT LINK TO VIDEO What is the net realizable value of the receivables at the end of the period? Net realizable value of the receivables at the end of the period $Enter a dollar amount
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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