What amount should be reported as doubtful accounts expense for 2019? Answer: 300,000 2. What amount should be reported as allowance for doubtful accounts on December 31, 2019? Answer: 110,000 3. What is the net realizable value of accounts receivable on December 31, 2019? Answer: 2,650,000 Please attach solutions on how to get the answers above. Thank you!
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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.
1. What amount should be reported as doubtful accounts expense for 2019?
Answer: 300,000
2. What amount should be reported as allowance for doubtful accounts on December 31, 2019?
Answer: 110,000
3. What is the net realizable value of
Answer: 2,650,000
Please attach solutions on how to get the answers above. Thank you!
![Problem 5-18 (PHILCPA Adapted)
On January 1, 2019, Easy Company reported accounts
receivable P2,070,000 and allowance for doubtful accounts
P80,000.
Credit sales
Writeoffs
Recoveries
2016
2017
2018
2019
11,100,000
12,250,000
14,650,000
15,000,000
260,000
295,000
300,000
310,000
22,000
37,000
36,000
40,000
The collections from customers during 2019 totaled
P14,000,000, excluding recoveries.
Doubtful accounts are provided for as a percentage of
credit sales.
The entity calculated the percentage annually by using
the experience of the three years prior to the current year.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffebffd9a-881d-4994-94fb-389a8bda7e90%2F9b3537f6-09a1-4da3-8d3e-bf1e25d88992%2Fc7toip_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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