Golden Music Company uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectible accounts receivable. An aging of the accounts receivable revealed the following: Estimated Percentage Uncollectible_ Current Accounts $17,000 1% 1-30 days past due 31–60 days past due 61–90 days past due Over 90 days past due $1,500 $1,200 $500 3% 6% 12% $900 $21,100 25% Total Accounts Receivable On 31 December 2021, the company has found out that a customer went bankrupt and management agreed that the accounts receivable of $900 included above which is past due for over 90 days can be written off. i) Compute the total estimated uncollectible accounts receivable as at 31 December 2021. ii) Prepare the journal entry year-end to write off the accounts receivable of $900 and the adjusting journal entry to record the bad debts for the year ended 31 December 2021.
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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