Hameed Books Store started the business of buying and selling text books on 1 January 2018. At the end of each of the next Three(3) years, his figures for debtors, before writing off any Bad debts, were as follows: 31 December 2018 RM30,000 31 December 2019 RM38,100 31 December 2020 RM4,750 Bad debts to be written off are as follows: 31 December 2018 RMO 31 December 2019 RM2,100 31 December 2020 RM750 The Allowance for Doubtful debts in each year is 5% of outstanding net debtors i.e. after writing off Bad debts. Required: (1) Prepare Hameed Books Store Bad debts expense account and Allowance for Doubtful debts account for financial year 2018, 2019 and 2020.
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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