Icon Company provided the following data for the current year: Sales on account Notes received to settle accounts Provision for doubtful accounts Accounts receivable determined to be w orthless Merchandise returned by customer Collections received to settle accoynts Discounts permitted to be taken by customers Collections received in settlement of notes 3,600,000 400,000 90,000 20,000 15,000 2,450,000 45,000 150,000 Prepare journal entries to record the transactions and compute the net realizable value.
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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