K. Brant D. Eaton S Klein C. Sheen Total % uncollectible Account No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $800 Debit 500 300 5 550 At the beginning of the period, ABC had balances in Accounts Receivable of $100,000 and in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $56 (credit). Prepare a journal entry to record the above estimate using the following Chart of Account. Chart of Account 200 200 2,050 500 2% Description Cash Sales Revenue $600 $200 Bad Debt Expense Sales Return and Allowance Sales Discount Enter the Account No. and amount for the entry. 150 Accounts Receivable Credit 4 600 350 200 400 5% 10% 25% 50% 200 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 400 Amount $ 269
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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