Problem 5-2 (IAA) At the beginning of current year, Template Company showed the following account balances: 1,000,000 40,000 Accounts receivable Allowance for doubtful accounts The following summary transactions occurred during the current year: 7,000,000 1. Sales on account, 2/30, n/30 2. Collections from customers within the discount period 2,450,000 3. Collections from customers beyond the discount period 3,900,000 30,000 4. Accounts receivable written off as worthless 5. Recovery of accounts previously written off not included in the above collections 10,000 6. Credit memo for sales return 70,000 Required: a. Prepare journal entries pertaining to accounts receivable. b. Prepare the adjustment for doubtful accounts at year-end if the entity uses the percentage of accounts receivable method consistently. c. What is the net realizable value of accounts receivable at year-end?
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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