The financial year end of Pradami Enterprise is on 31 July every year. It has RM30,800 in its allowance for doubtful debts account as at 31 July 2018. The following information is related to its account receivables, allowance for doubtful debts and bad debts for two financial years: Account receivables TRTA Trading Hanabella Enterprise Zara Mewah Enterprise Starbot Sdn. Bhd Mariposa Trading Marmalade Trading Bad debts to be written off (RM) 250,000 250,000 88,800 500,000 168,000 100,000 2019 10% 2020 10%
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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