EXERCISES No. 1. Pre-closing trial balance of Karim & Co., on December 31, 1980, is as under: Cash Equipments Sundry debtors Fixture & fitting Advertisement Rent Delivery expenses Sales Purchase discount 6,000 Allowance for bad debts 20,000 Interest (Cr.) 35,000 Capital 12,400 5,000 12,000 Transporting 1,200 Salary 80,000 1,600 600 5,000 79,600 3,000 38,000 Bills reteivable Purchases 500 15,700 14,000 4,000 Stock Miscellaneous expenses Adjusting Data : 1. Prepaid rent Rs, 2,000. 2. Prepaid advertisement Rs. 400. 3. Reserve for bad debts Rs. 1,000. 4. Salary Outstanding for the year Rs. 7,000. 5. Interest unearned Rs. 400. 6. Closing stock was valued at Rs. 16,450. Required: 1. Trading profit and loss account for the year ended December 31, 1980. Balance Sheet as on that date
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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