On October 28 of the current year, an account receivable for $2,800 from a prior year was determined to be uncollectible and was written off.
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.
![**Journal Entry Task Description**
**Instructions:**
Prepare journal entries for each of the following transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
**Transactions:**
a. On October 28 of the current year, an account receivable for $2,800 from a prior year was determined to be uncollectible and was written off.
b. At year-end, the appropriate bad debt expense adjustment was recorded for the current year.
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**Journal Entry Worksheet**
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*On October 28 of the current year, an account receivable for $2,800 from a prior year was determined to be uncollectible and was written off.*
- Note: Enter debits before credits.
| Transaction | General Journal | Debit | Credit |
|-------------|------------------------------|-------|--------|
| a. | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
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- **Clear entry**
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This worksheet guides students through the process of entering financial transactions into a general journal, emphasizing the recording of debits and credits.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe6ce3753-b96c-43e9-b162-619ea9ec998a%2Fef3358a4-4ee4-41e9-b697-781ada502f0a%2Fctwyi8n_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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