What is the amount of write offs during Year 2 based on the following financial information? Balance Sheet Excerpts As At Year Year 2 Year 1 End(000s) Gross Accts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Net Accts Receivable Provision for Bad Debt O $15 $20 $37 O $52 $456 $20 $437 $25 $321 $32 $294 $40
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.
![What is the amount of write offs during Year 2 based on the following financial information?
Balance Sheet Excerpts As At Year
Year 2
Year 1
End(000s)
Gross Accts Receivable
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Net Accts Receivable
Provision for Bad Debt
O $15
$20
$37
$52
$456
$20
$437
$25
$321
$32
$294
$40](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7fc6fb8a-2a4e-45c8-9cb3-0d527fbd057c%2Fbe56095a-9021-435e-922d-af202c24ee0c%2F8sdaian_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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