[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Daley Company prepared the following aging of receivables analysis at December 31. Days Past Due Total 0 1 to 30 31 to 60 61 to 90 Over 90 Accounts receivable $ 645,000 $ 411,000 $ 105,000 $ 51,000 $ 33,000 $ 45,000 Percent uncollectible 1 % 2 % 5 % 7 % 10 % a. Estimate the balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts assuming the company uses 6% of total accounts receivable to estimate uncollectibles, instead of the aging of receivables method. b. Prepare the adjusting entry to record Bad Debts Expense using the estimate from part a. Assume the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $13,500 credit. c. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense using the estimate from part a. Assume the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $2,500 debit.
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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Daley Company prepared the following aging of receivables analysis at December 31.
Days Past Due | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 to 30 | 31 to 60 | 61 to 90 | Over 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 645,000 | $ | 411,000 | $ | 105,000 | $ | 51,000 | $ | 33,000 | $ | 45,000 | ||||||||||||
Percent uncollectible | 1 | % | 2 | % | 5 | % | 7 | % | 10 | % | |||||||||||||
a. Estimate the balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts assuming the company uses 6% of total accounts receivable to estimate uncollectibles, instead of the aging of receivables method.
b. Prepare the
c. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense using the estimate from part a. Assume the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $2,500 debit.
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