Exercise 8-04 Assume the following information for Teal Mountain Corp. Accounts receivable (beginning balance) $159,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts (beginning balance) 11,470 Net credit sales 944,000 Collections 906,000 Write-offs of accounts receivable 5,400 Collections of accounts previously written off 2,000 Uncollectible accounts are expected to be 8% of the ending balance in accounts receivable. Prepare the entries to record sales and collections during the period. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (To record sales on account) (To record collection of accounts receivable) SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the period. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the period. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (To reverse write-off of accounts receivable) (To record collection of accounts receivable) SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Determine the ending balance in Accounts Receivable and the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Ending balance in Accounts Receivable $ Unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Prepare the entry to record bad debt expense for the period. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Determine the ending (adjusted) balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Ending (adjusted) balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $
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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