If the Sonny Company had a beginning balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,000 debit, and wrote off $3,000 in accounts during the year and prepared an adjusting journal entry to the allowance account for $12,000, what is the ending balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts? a) $7,000 credit balance. O b) $14,000 credit balance. c) $5,000 credit balance. d) $17,000 credit balance.
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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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![If the Sonny Company had a beginning balance in the allowance for doubtful
accounts of $2,000 debit, and wrote off $3,000 in accounts during the year and
prepared an adjusting journal entry to the allowance account for $12,000, what is
the ending balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts?
a) $7,000 credit balance.
b) $14,000 credit balance.
c) $5,000 credit balance.
d) $17,000 credit balance.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F82098531-1517-4cd5-a5f2-4e66301b90be%2Fa095bbb3-7029-49a1-b1d3-09f8538b98b0%2Fi9msdz_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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