The Exam Fun Co. had Accounts Receivable of $100,000 and a credit balance of $2.000 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on 12/31/10. The company estimates that 5% of the receivables will not be collected. Which of the following is the correct journal entry for recording the estimate of bad debt expense? A dr. Bad Debt Expense 3,000 and cr. Allowance for Doubtful accounts 3.000 B. dr. Bad Debt Expense 5,000 and or Accounts Receivable 3,000 O O C. dr. Bad Debt Expense 5,000 and or Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 5,000 D. dr. Bad Debt Expense 7,000 and cr. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 7,000
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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