On December 31, 20x10, the Investment in Branch account in the home office’s books has a balance of P369,000. In analyzing the transactions involving the home office and the branch for December, the recipient of the transaction either was not yet notified or erroneously recoded the said transaction. A. A P17,000 remittance initiated on December 27, 20x10 was recorded twice in 20x10. B. A merchandise shipment of P21,000 on December 29, 20x10 was recorded at P12,000 on the same year. C. Advertising expense incurred amount to P9,000. 1/4 of the incurred amount was allocated on December 21, 20x10. Upon notification it was recorded in the amount of P22,500 on December 26, 20x10. D. Inventory costing P8,000 was returned on December 19, 20x10. The billing was at cost, it was still in transit by the end of the year. 3. Compute the amount of the Home Office Current account debited in the preparation of the combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 20x10.
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 December 31, 20x10, the Investment in Branch account in the home office’s books has a balance of P369,000. In analyzing the transactions involving the home office and the branch for December, the recipient of the transaction either was not yet notified or erroneously recoded the said transaction. A. A P17,000 remittance initiated on December 27, 20x10 was recorded twice in 20x10. B. A merchandise shipment of P21,000 on December 29, 20x10 was recorded at P12,000 on the same year. C. Advertising expense incurred amount to P9,000. 1/4 of the incurred amount was allocated on December 21, 20x10. Upon notification it was recorded in the amount of P22,500 on December 26, 20x10. D. Inventory costing P8,000 was returned on December 19, 20x10. The billing was at cost, it was still in transit by the end of the year. 3. Compute the amount of the Home Office Current account debited in the preparation of the combined
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