On 1 June, Mason and Boyce had Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Debts accounts as below. Ignore GST. Accounts receivable 1/6 balance 849,555 Allowance for doubtful debts 1/6 balance 12,100 During June, the following transactions occurred: Revenue earned on credit, $1,195,000. Sales returns, $24,100. Accounts receivable collected, $1,400,000. Accounts written off as uncollectible, $15,851. Based on an ageing of accounts receivable on 30 June, the firm determined that the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account should have a credit balance of $13,500 on the balance sheet as at 30 June. Ignore GST. Required: (a) Prepare general journal entries to record the four transactions and to adjust the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account. (b) Showhowaccountsreceivableandtheallowancefordoubtfuldebtswouldappearonthebalance sheet at 30 June. (c) On 29 June, Kim Ltd, whose $2,400 account had been written off as uncollectable in June, paid its account in full. Prepare journal entries to record the collection.
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.
On 1 June, Mason and Boyce had
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Accounts receivable |
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1/6 balance 849,555 |
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Allowance for doubtful debts |
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1/6 balance 12,100 |
During June, the following transactions occurred:
- Revenue earned on credit, $1,195,000.
- Sales returns, $24,100.
- Accounts receivable collected, $1,400,000.
- Accounts written off as uncollectible, $15,851.
Based on an ageing of accounts receivable on 30 June, the firm determined that the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account should have a credit balance of $13,500 on the balance sheet as at 30 June. Ignore GST.
Required:
(a) Prepare general
(b) Showhowaccountsreceivableandtheallowancefordoubtfuldebtswouldappearonthebalance sheet at 30 June.
(c) On 29 June, Kim Ltd, whose $2,400 account had been written off as uncollectable in June, paid its account in full. Prepare journal entries to record the collection.
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