Hello,may you please help me with the following question. thank you P9.4 (LO 2), AP Writing Rigney Inc. uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectibles. The company produced the following aging of the accountsreceivable at year-end.WorksheetHomeInsertPage LayoutFormulasDataReviewViewP18fxABDEFG1Number of Days Outstanding2Total0-3077,0001%31-6061-9091-120 Over 12023,0008%34 Accounts receivable 200,000% uncollectible6 Estimated bad debts46,0004%39,0005%15,00020%7Instructionsa. Calculate the total estimated uncollectibles based on the above information.a. Tot. est. bad debts $9,400b. Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record the Bad Debt Expense using the aged uncollectible accounts receivable determined in (a). Assumethe unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $8,000 debit.c. Of the above accounts, $5,000 is determined to be specifically uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to write off the uncollectible account.d. The company collects $5,000 subsequently on a specific account that had previously been determined to be uncollectible in (c). Prepare the journal entryor entries necessary to restore the account and record the cash collection.e. Comment on how your answers to (a)-(d) would change if Rigney Inc. used 4% of total accounts receivable, rather than aging the accounts receivable.What are the advantages to the company of aging the accounts receivable rather than applying a percentage to total accounts receivable?Journalize entries to record transactions related to bad debts.

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P9.4 (LO 2), AP Writing Rigney Inc. uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectibles. The company produced the following aging of the accounts
receivable at year-end.
Worksheet
Home
Insert
Page Layout
Formulas
Data
Review
View
P18
fx
A
B
D
E
F
G
1
Number of Days Outstanding
2
Total
0-30
77,000
1%
31-60
61-90
91-120 Over 120
23,000
8%
3
4 Accounts receivable 200,000
% uncollectible
6 Estimated bad debts
46,000
4%
39,000
5%
15,000
20%
7
Instructions
a. Calculate the total estimated uncollectibles based on the above information.
a. Tot. est. bad debts $9,400
b. Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record the Bad Debt Expense using the aged uncollectible accounts receivable determined in (a). Assume
the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $8,000 debit.
c. Of the above accounts, $5,000 is determined to be specifically uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to write off the uncollectible account.
d. The company collects $5,000 subsequently on a specific account that had previously been determined to be uncollectible in (c). Prepare the journal entry
or entries necessary to restore the account and record the cash collection.
e. Comment on how your answers to (a)-(d) would change if Rigney Inc. used 4% of total accounts receivable, rather than aging the accounts receivable.
What are the advantages to the company of aging the accounts receivable rather than applying a percentage to total accounts receivable?
Journalize entries to record transactions related to bad debts.

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