for Receivables P8.8A (LO 2) AP Information on Hohenberger Company for 2024 follows: Instructions Total net credit sales Accounts receivable at December 31 Uncollectible accounts written off Amount collected on accounts previously written off (after write-off but before year end) $1,000,000 400,000 17,500 2,500 3. Assume that Hohenberger Company decides to estimate its uncollectible accounts using the al- lowance method and en aging schedule. Uncollectible accounts are estimated to be $24,000. What smount of bad deb expense will Hohenberger Company record if Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had an opening balance of $20,000 on January 1, 2024? b. Assume the same facts as in part (a) except that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a $12,000 balance on January 1, 2024. What amount of bad debt expense will Hohenberger record on December 31, 2024? c. How does the amount of accounts written off during the period affect the amount of bad debt expense recorded at the end of the period when using the percentage of receivables approach? d. How does the collection of an account that had previously been written off affect the carrying amount of accounts receivable? the collection of accounts receivable balances.
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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