(MODIFIED) Seed Enterprise gathered the following information from its accounting records for the year ended December 31, 2020, prior to adjustments: Net credit sales for the year Php 680,000 Accounts receivable at December 31, 2020 92,000 Allowance for uncollectible accounts at December 31, 2020 1,850 | Debit Seed uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts and estimates uncollectible account expense at 2% of net credit sales. REQUIRED: A. Prepare the adjusting entry to record uncollectible account expense on December 31, 2020. Determine the balance in allowance for uncollectible accounts after the adjusting entry is prepared. С. Show how the receivables would be reported on the December 31, 2020 balance sheet for Seed Enterprise.
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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.
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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.
![(MODIFIED) Seed Enterprise gathered the following information from its
accounting records for the year ended December 31, 2020, prior to adjustments:
Net credit sales for the year
Php 680,000
Accounts receivable at December 31, 2020
92,000
Allowance for uncollectible accounts at December 31, 2020
1,850 Debit
Seed uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts and
estimates uncollectible account expense at 2% of net credit sales.
REQUIRED:
A. Prepare the adjusting entry to record uncollectible account expense on
December 31, 2020.
В.
Determine the balance in allowance for uncollectible accounts after the
adjusting entry is prepared.
С.
Show how the receivables would be reported on the December 31, 2020 balance
sheet for Seed Enterprise.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F904d72b2-844c-4feb-a002-faf605dcb6a2%2F65354df3-d6b9-4d3a-b185-fa39765f6a6a%2Fde28yi8_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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