On February 28, Pharoah Company had accounts receivable in the amount of $393,300 and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $1,927 before adjustment. Net credit sales for February amounted to $2,700,000. The credit manager estimated that uncollectible accounts would amount to 5% of accounts receivable. On March 10, an accounts receivable from Kathy Black for $5,490 was determined to be uncollectible and written off. However, on March 31, Black received an inheritance and immediately paid her past due account in full. > Show Transcribed Text a) Your answer is partially correct. 3 C
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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![On February 28, Pharoah Company had accounts receivable in the amount of $393,300 and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a
credit balance of $1,927 before adjustment. Net credit sales for February amounted to $2,700,000. The credit manager estimated
that uncollectible accounts would amount to 5% of accounts receivable. On March 10, an accounts receivable from Kathy Black for
$5,490 was determined to be uncollectible and written off. However, on March 31, Black received an inheritance and immediately
paid her past due account in full.
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(a)
Prepare journal entries made by Pharoah Company the ving dates
punt titles are automatically indented when
the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. List all debit entries before
credit entries.)
1.
2.
3.
Date
Feb. 28
Mar. 10
Mar. 31
Your answer is partially correct.
(b)
February 28
March 10
March 31
Account Titles and Explanation
Bad Debt Expense
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable
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Debit
Balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at March 31 $
270000
5490
5490
Credit
270000
5490
Assume no other transactions occurred that affected the allowance account during March. Determine the balance of Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts at March 31.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F32c43a2c-3afb-4fa3-86aa-61c694b3c500%2F084f4780-6f0b-4783-ad5f-ecee98f6be3f%2Ftnrac3m_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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