The Phillips Company gathered the following information pertaining to its year ended December 31, 2020 prior to any adjustments: Net Sales for the Year $780,000 Accounts Receivable, 12/31 165,000 Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts, 12/31 2,200 Debit Assume that Phillips uses the percentage of outstanding accounts receivable method for uncollectible amounts. An aging of accounts receivable indicates that $9,550 will be uncollectible. Phillips will report the following amounts in its 2020 financial statements: Select one: a. Bad debts expense $11,750; Net accounts receivable $155,450 b. Bad debts expense $9,550; Net accounts receivable $155,450 c. Bad debts expense $9,550; Net accounts receivable $157,650 d. Bad debts expense $1,750; Net accounts receivable $157,650 e. Bad debts expense $7,350; Net accounts receivable $157,650
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 Phillips Company gathered the following information pertaining to its year ended December 31, 2020 prior to any adjustments:
Net Sales for the Year $780,000
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts, 12/31 2,200 Debit
Assume that Phillips uses the percentage of outstanding accounts receivable method for uncollectible amounts. An aging of accounts receivable indicates that $9,550 will be uncollectible. Phillips will report the following amounts in its 2020 financial statements:
Select one:
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