The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31: June 8. Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $9,030. Aug. 14. Received $6,410 as partial payment on the $16,160 account of Rosalie Oakes. Wrote off the remaining balance as uncollectible. Oct. 16. Received the $9,030 from Kathy Quantel, whose account had been written off on June 8. Reinstated the account and recorded the cash receipt. Dec. 31. Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (record as one journal entry): Wade Dolan $2,620 Greg Gagne 1,630 Amber Kisko 6,230 Shannon Poole 3,610 Niki Spence 990 Dec. 31. If necessary, record the year-end adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method. June 8 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Aug. 14 Cash Bad Debt Expense Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes Oct. 16 Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Bad Debt Expense Oct. 16 Cash Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Dec. 31 Bad Debt Expense Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence Dec. 31 No entry No entry b. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method, assuming that the allowance account had a beginning balance of $27,090 at the beginning of the year and the company uses the analysis of receivables method. Rustic Tables Company prepared the following aging schedule for its accounts receivable: June 8 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Aug. 14 Cash Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes Oct. 16 Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Oct. 16 Cash Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel Dec. 31 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence Dec. 31 Bad Debt Expense Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
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 selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31:
June 8. | Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $9,030. | ||||||||||
Aug. 14. | Received $6,410 as partial payment on the $16,160 account of Rosalie Oakes. Wrote off the remaining balance as uncollectible. | ||||||||||
Oct. 16. | Received the $9,030 from Kathy Quantel, whose account had been written off on June 8. Reinstated the account and recorded the cash receipt. | ||||||||||
Dec. 31. | Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (record as one |
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Dec. 31. | If necessary, record the year-end |
a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
June 8 | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | ||
Aug. 14 | Cash |
Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes |
Oct. 16 | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel |
Bad Debt Expense |
Oct. 16 | Cash |
Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Dec. 31 | Bad Debt Expense |
Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | |
Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | |
Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | |
Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | |
Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | |
Dec. 31 | No entry |
No entry |
b. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method, assuming that the allowance account had a beginning balance of $27,090 at the beginning of the year and the company uses the analysis of receivables method. Rustic Tables Company prepared the following aging schedule for its accounts receivable:
June 8 | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Aug. 14 | Cash |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | |
Accounts Receivable-Rosalie Oakes | |
Oct. 16 | Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | |
Oct. 16 | Cash |
Accounts Receivable-Kathy Quantel | |
Dec. 31 | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Accounts Receivable-Wade Dolan | |
Accounts Receivable-Greg Gagne | |
Accounts Receivable-Amber Kisko | |
Accounts Receivable-Shannon Poole | |
Accounts Receivable-Niki Spence | |
Dec. 31 | Bad Debt Expense |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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