Lincraft Corp. reports a current ratio of 3-to-1 in its 20X2 financial statements. The statement of financial position shows current assets of $3,140,500 and current liabilities of $1,064,100. Lincraft has accounts receivable of $1,299,300. The company transfers $1,002,000 of these accounts receivable to a financial institution. There are $35,200 of bad debts associated with these accounts receivable, an amount that is already in the allowance for doubtful accounts. Proceeds of $898,250 are received from the transfer. The transfer is on a non-notification basis, which means that the customers pay Lincraft and Lincraft then remit the cash to the financial institution. The customers pay $946,000 to Lincraft on schedule, $35,200 is written off to the allowance at the appropriate time, and the cash remittance is forwarded to the financial institution. Required: 1. Record all journal entries for the sequence of events assuming: a. The transfer is recorded as a sale/derecognition. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
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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