Question 8 At January 1, 2025, XYZ Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts with a $39,300 credit balance. XYZ Company reported the following information for 2025: 4 Sales revenue Cash collections from customers Write-offs of uncollectible accounts Recoveries of previously written-off accounts Bad debt expense In order to estimate the bad debt expense, XYZ Company prepared the following aging schedule at December 31, 2025: $392,800 $307,500 ? $ 14,600 $ 31,090 Accounts Receivable % Uncollectible 3% 7% 11% 24% 46% not past due 1-30 days past due 31-60 days past due 61-90 days past due over 90 days past due total accounts receivable $181,000 $ 36,000 $ 42,000 $ 21,000 $ 13,000 $293,000 Calculate XYZ Company's accounts receivable balance at January 1, 2025.
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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