The following accounts were taken from Skysong Inc.’s unadjusted trial balance at December 31, 2020: Debit Credit Sales revenue (all on credit) $960,000 Sales discounts $21,500 Allowance for doubtful accounts 33,600 Accounts receivable 660,000 If doubtful accounts are 8% of accounts receivable, what is the bad debt expense amount to be reported for 2020?
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.
The following accounts were taken from Skysong Inc.’s unadjusted
| Debit | Credit | |||
| Sales revenue (all on credit) | $960,000 | |||
| Sales discounts | $21,500 | |||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | 33,600 | |||
| 660,000 |
If doubtful accounts are 8% of accounts receivable, what is the
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