On its second year of operations, BBQ Co. thought of expanding its business. In order to generate additional cash necessary for this expansion, the company on September 1, factored P400,000 of accounts receivable to Lechon Financing Co. Factoring fee was 5% of the receivables purchased. The finance company withheld 2% of the purchase price as protection against sales returns and allowances. On November 2, accounts receivable amounting to P500,000 was assigned to Ngohiong Bank as collateral on P300,000, 10% annual interest rate loan. A 3% finance charge was deducted in advance. The total cash generated from factoring and assigning the accounts receivable was OP663,400 P633,400 P657,400 P663,000
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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