The following information was taken from the accounts receivable records of Pina Colada Corporation as at December 31, 2020: Outstanding Balance Percentage Estimated to be Uncollectible 0 – 30 days outstanding $154,000 0.5% 31 – 60 days outstanding 63,200 2.5% 61 – 90 days outstanding 39,100 4.0% 91 – 120 days outstanding 21,600 6.5% Over 120 days outstanding 5,300 10.0% (a) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $1,170 prior to the adjustment. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (b) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a debit balance of $3,990 prior to the adjustment. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 8,971. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
The following information was taken from the accounts receivable records of Pina Colada Corporation as at December 31, 2020: Outstanding Balance Percentage Estimated to be Uncollectible 0 – 30 days outstanding $154,000 0.5% 31 – 60 days outstanding 63,200 2.5% 61 – 90 days outstanding 39,100 4.0% 91 – 120 days outstanding 21,600 6.5% Over 120 days outstanding 5,300 10.0% (a) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $1,170 prior to the adjustment. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (b) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a debit balance of $3,990 prior to the adjustment. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 8,971. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
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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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The following information was taken from the accounts receivable records of Pina Colada Corporation as at December 31, 2020:
(a) Prepare the year-endadjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $1,170 prior to the adjustment. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
(b) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense, assuming allowance for doubtful accounts had a debit balance of $3,990 prior to the adjustment. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 8,971. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
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| 0 – 30 days outstanding | $154,000 | 0.5% | ||
| 31 – 60 days outstanding | 63,200 | 2.5% | ||
| 61 – 90 days outstanding | 39,100 | 4.0% | ||
| 91 – 120 days outstanding | 21,600 | 6.5% | ||
| Over 120 days outstanding | 5,300 | 10.0% |
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