Take me to the text Your company uses the balance sheet approach to estimate bad debt. Details of the accounts receivable balances owing on December 31, 2018 are shown below. Required a) Calculate the required allowance. Do not enter dollar signs or commas in the input boxes. Round all answers to the nearest whole number. Aging Category Bad Debt % Balance Required Allowance 30 days 2.0% $128.000 $ $86.000 $ 31-60 days More than 60 days Total 30.0% 45.0% $101.000 S $315.000
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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