Kendo Company has a December 31 year-end. The following information relates to the year just ended: Sales for the year $38,000 (of which 20% were cash sales) Accounts Receivable January 1 were $15,000 and increased 50% by December 31 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts January 1 $4,684 Kendo sets its provision for uncollectible accounts receivable at 2% of credit sales. Required 1: Assuming no other transaction happened, what is the Uncollectible Accounts Expense reported on Decmber 31st? $ Required 2: Assuming no other transaction happened, what is the adjusted net balance of Accounts Receivables at December 31st? $ Required 3: Assuming no other transaction happened, what is the adjusted balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31st? $
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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