July 18 Wrote off the $495 account of B. Betty as uncollectable. Oct. 19 Re-established the account of C. Casy and recorded the collection of $2,530 in full payment of his account, which had been written off previously. Jan. 31 Received 20% of the $2,200 balance owed by D. Delois and wrote off the remainder as uncollectable. June 30 The estimate of uncollectable accounts is based on an ageing of accounts receivable and $18,260 of the accounts receivable as at 30 June was estimated to be uncollectable. Gregory Ltd has a receivable balance of $650,000 on the 30 June 2021. All Accounts Receivable figures are GST Inclusive. REQUIRED: a. Prepare journal entries for each of the transactions/events above. Narrations are not required for journal entries.
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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